… of patients treated with surgical repair or esophageal stent placement has not … repair (OR)
or esophageal stent repair (SR) for the treatment of an intrathoracic iatrogenic esophageal …

… -coated esophageal stent (Polyflex), we hypothesized that temporary esophageal stent …
some postoperative esophageal fistulae without the need for further esophageal operations. …

… esophageal stent placement for the treatment of esophageal … was to assess whether
esophageal stent placement would be … after the surgical repair of an acute esophageal perforation. …

… Repair of the Fistula Four patients underwent emergency surgical repair and 5 received
esophageal stent. The decision to repair the fistula by surgery or esophageal stent was taken by …

… This investigation identified 4 factors that significantly reduce the effectiveness of esophageal
stent placement for the treatment of esophageal perforation, fistula, or anastomotic leak. …

… esophageal stent insertion for a benign perforation. In this cohort, 50 esophageal stents were
… They were mostly treated conservatively or by surgical deviation and subsequent repair; …

… Esophageal stents used in this investigation were all CSES with the following specifications:
Ultraflex stent (… received a direct surgical repair (Fundoplication) plus a second stent. After 1 …

… Traditional therapy for spontaneous esophageal perforation has most often been urgent
operative repair. … perforations of the esophagus using an occlusive removable esophageal stent. …

… Table 2 displays the details of surgical procedures performed prior to esophageal stent
placement. The most common procedure was thoracotomy and laparoscopy, n=109 (52.4%), …

… esophageal perforation after endoscopy or surgery can be a … most often consisted of operative
repair of the esophagus. This … esophagus using an occlusive removable esophageal stent. …