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Table 4 Severity of leakage with duration of treatment

From: Anastomotic leakage following resection of the esophagus—introduction of an endoscopic grading system

Grade

Patients, N

Median duration of treatment (days)

Healing of leakage, % (n)

1a

11

15 (9/31)

100 (11)

1b

9

25 (14/35)

88.9 (8)

2

7

27 (18/34)

71.4 (5)

3

1

n.d. (N = 1)

n.d. (N = 1)

4

1

n.d. (N = 1)

n.d. (N = 1)

  1. Median treatment duration including lower/upper quartile and success rate (N = 29) is demonstrated. Patients who died during the postoperative course are excluded
  2. n.d. not done
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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