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.
| Study | No. of treated patients | Complete closure rate (%) |
| Kuehn et al. [8] (2012) | 3 | 2/3 (67) | Weidenhagen et al. [9] (2010) | 6 | 5/6 (83) | Ahrens et al. [10] (2010) | 5 | 5/5 (100) | Bludau et al. [11] (2014) | 5 | 5/5 (100) | Ooi et al. [13] (2016) | 2 | 2/2 (100) | Wedemeyer et al. [15] (2008) | 8 | 7/8 (88) | Schorsch et al. [17] (2013) | 12 | 11/12 (92) |
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