Open AccessAnastomotic Leakage after Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery: Surgical Treatment
Author(s) -
Richard Hummel,
Dirk Bausch
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000470884
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , surgery , gastrectomy , anastomosis , complication , pancreatectomy , general surgery , conservative treatment , esophageal cancer , resection , cancer
Anastomotic leakage after upper gastrointestinal surgery is associated with major morbidity and mortality. In recent years, there was a major paradigm shift in the management of leakage after upper gastrointestinal surgery from surgical towards conservative and endoscopic treatment approaches as first-line treatment options.
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