| Literature DB >> 31080662 |
Seok Whan Moon1, Jae Jun Kim2, Deog Gon Cho3, Jae Kil Park1.
Abstract
Anastomotic leakage (AL) is one of the most critical and detrimental complications in esophageal surgery. Early diagnosis and timely therapeutic action are necessary if patients are to avoid AL-related problems. However, there is no gold standard or consensus for early diagnosis. In this review, we focus on summarizing the definition and types of AL and modalities for early diagnosis of AL after esophagectomy.Entities:
Keywords: Esophageal cancer; anastomosis leakage; early diagnosis
Year: 2019 PMID: 31080662 PMCID: PMC6503265 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.55
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Thorac Dis ISSN: 2072-1439 Impact factor: 2.895