VacStent as a novel therapeutic approach for esophageal perforations and anastomotic leaks– a systematic review of the literature - Kehagias, Dimitrios; Abogabal, Sameh; Lampropoulos, Charalampos; Haider, Muhammad Ijlal; Kehagias, Ioannis; Jain, Prashant; Wong, Vincent (BMC surgery, 2025)
Keywords: Anastomotic leak; Anastomotic Leak - surgery; Anastomotic Leak - therapy; Clinical outcomes; Defects; Endoscopic vacuum therapy; Endoscopy; Esophageal perforation; Esophageal Perforation - surgery; Esophageal Perforation - therapy; Esophagoscopy - instrumentation; Esophagoscopy - methods; Esophagus; Gastrointestinal surgery; Gastrointestinal system; Health aspects; Health services; Humans; Implants; Internal Medicine; Intervention; Literature reviews; Medical equipment; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mortality; Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy - instrumentation; Patients; Self Expandable Metallic Stents; Stents; Success; Surgeons; Surgery; Surgical anastomosis; Systematic Review; Therapy; Upper Gastrointestinal tract; VacStent; Germany; Endoscopic vacuum therapy; Esophageal perforation; VacStent; Anastomotic leak; Upper Gastrointestinal tract