Closing the gap: endoscopic treatment of esophageal anastomotic leakage—a retrospective cohort study
The success of endoscopic therapy is closely linked to patient health status and defect size. Notably, esophageal defects ≤ 1 cm can almost always be closed successfully using endoscopic methods.
Authors
- Thomas Haist
- Florian Alexander Michael (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9305-3691)
- Myriam Heilani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0948-2777)
- Daniel Teubner
- Wolf O. Bechstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3267-8145)
- M. Stumpf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-2930)
- Mate Knabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2445-6099)
- Patrizia Malkomes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-5264)
- Georg Dultz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0775-0907)
- Mireen Friedrich‐Rust
- Stefan Zeuzem
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum (DE)
- Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden (DE)
- Asklepios Fachklinikum Brandenburg (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum (DE)
- University Hospital Frankfurt (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Endoscopy
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-025-11904-0
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01