Role of Barium Swallow in Diagnosing Clinically Significant Anastomotic Leak following Esophagectomy | Zendy

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Role of Barium Swallow in Diagnosing Clinically Significant Anastomotic Leak following Esophagectomy

Author(s) -

Simon Roh,

Mark D. Iannettoni,

John Keech,

Mohammad Bashir,

Peter J. Gruber,

Kalpaj R. Parekh

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2093-6516

pISSN - 0301-2859

DOI - 10.5090/kjtcs.2016.49.2.99

Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , leak , anastomosis , esophagus , surgery , perforation , malignancy , esophageal cancer , cancer , materials science , environmental engineering , engineering , punching , metallurgy

Barium swallow is performed following esophagectomy to evaluate the anastomosis for detection of leaks and to assess the emptying of the gastric conduit. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the barium swallow study in diagnosing anastomotic leaks following esophagectomy.

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