TY - JOUR
T1 - Indigenous technique to develop sponge for endo vaccum therapy in post-operative anastomotic leak
T2 - A case report
AU - Reddy, Raya Venkatesh
AU - Musunuri, Balaji
AU - Rajpurohit, Siddheesh
AU - Naveena Kumar, A. N.
AU - Shetty, Shiran
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Oesophageal anastomotic leaks are serious complications with high mortality (20–50%)1 especially in the post-operative setting of malignant disease. They occur in 5–30% of cases,1 usually presenting with severe mediastinal sepsis. Revision surgery has been replaced by the use of endoscopic stents, clips, glue and vacuum therapy. The latter is the simplest and least liable to further complication. As an endo sponge was not commercially available, we introduced a self-made bed-side endo sponge, with evident success.
AB - Oesophageal anastomotic leaks are serious complications with high mortality (20–50%)1 especially in the post-operative setting of malignant disease. They occur in 5–30% of cases,1 usually presenting with severe mediastinal sepsis. Revision surgery has been replaced by the use of endoscopic stents, clips, glue and vacuum therapy. The latter is the simplest and least liable to further complication. As an endo sponge was not commercially available, we introduced a self-made bed-side endo sponge, with evident success.
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U2 - 10.1177/00494755231167615
DO - 10.1177/00494755231167615
M3 - Article
C2 - 37350679
AN - SCOPUS:85163022851
SN - 0049-4755
VL - 53
SP - 525
EP - 527
JO - Tropical Doctor
JF - Tropical Doctor
IS - 4
ER -
