Open AccessIncidence and risk factors predisposing anastomotic leak after transhiatal esophagectomy
Author(s) -
Abbas Tabatabai,
Mehrdad Hashemi,
Gholamreza Mohajeri,
Mojtaba Ahmadinejad,
Ishfaq Abass Khan,
Saeid Haghdani
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.56012
Subject(s) - medicine , leak , incidence (geometry) , esophagectomy , anastomosis , surgery , general surgery , esophageal cancer , cancer , physics , environmental engineering , optics , engineering
The objective of our study was to identify the incidence and risk factors of anastomotic leaks following transhiatal esophagectomy (THE).