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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Management of intra-thoracic anastomotic leakages after esophagectomy: updated systematic review and meta-analysis of endoscopic vacuum therapy versus stenting

Publication year

Author

Initial treatment method

Country

Patients (n)

Female (n)

(%)

Age (Median (Range))

Oncologic resection (%)

Neoadjuvant therapy (%)

Etiology: surgical anastomic leak (%)

Subtotal esophagectomy (%)

Reconstruction type esophagogastrostomy (%)

Cervical leak

%

2013

Brangewitz

EVT

Germany

32

4

13

63 (45–84)

88

56

94

 

44

  

SEMS

 

39

9

23

62 (32–78)

74

15

79

 

69

2013

Schniewind

EVT

Germany

17

100

100

3

18

  

SEMS

 

12

100

100

1

8

2015

Mennigen

EVT

Germany

15

1

7

56 (42–76)

100

73

100

100

100

0

0

  

SEMS

 

30

9

30

66 (40–92)

96

43

100

100

100

0

0

2016

Hwang

EVT

South Korea

7

2

29

71 (63–78)

100

100

71

0

0

  

SEMS

 

11

2

18

67 (55–81)

100

100

36

1

9

2018

Berlth

EVT

Germany

35

5

14

65 (43–84)

100

53

100

74

74

1

3

  

SEMS

 

76

14

18

64 (43–88)

100

65

100

88

88

0

0

2021

Eichelmann

EVT

Germany

30

3

12

60 (42–78)

100

80

100

100

100

0

0

  

SEMS

 

14

3

23

65 (37–88)

100

62

100

100

100

0

0

2021

El-Sourani

EVT

Germany

13

1

8

60(49–75)

100

10

100

100

100

0

0

  

SEMS

 

7

2

28

56 (49–69)

100

3

100

100

100

0

0