Research Article
Endoscopic Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy in Patients with Anastomotic Leakage after Esophagectomy: A Single-Center Experience
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study patients (
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| Variable | No. of patients |
| Male | 12 (100%) | Median age (years) | 57.0 (51.5–62.75) | Etiology | Esophageal cancer | 10 (83.3%) | GIST | 1 (8.3%) | Esophageal diverticulum | 1 (8.3%) | Methods of primary surgery | Open Ivor Lewis esophagectomy | 7 (58.3%) | Robotic-assisted Ivor Lewis esophagectomy | 4 (33.3%) | Robotic esophageal diverticulectomy | 1 (8.3%) |
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Data are presented as a median value (interquartile range) or number (%). GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
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