Research Article

Endoscopic Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy in Patients with Anastomotic Leakage after Esophagectomy: A Single-Center Experience

Table 4

E-VAC therapy clinical success rates reported in previous case series.

StudyNo. of treated patientsComplete closure rate (%)

Kuehn et al. [8] (2012)32/3 (67)
Weidenhagen et al. [9] (2010)65/6 (83)
Ahrens et al. [10] (2010)55/5 (100)
Bludau et al. [11] (2014)55/5 (100)
Ooi et al. [13] (2016)22/2 (100)
Wedemeyer et al. [15] (2008)87/8 (88)
Schorsch et al. [17] (2013)1211/12 (92)