Endoscopic Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy in Patients with Anastomotic Leakage after Esophagectomy: A Single-Center Experience

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study patients ().

Variable	No. of patients
Male	12 (100%)
Median age (years)	57.0 (51.5–62.75)
Etiology
Esophageal cancer	10 (83.3%)
GIST	1 (8.3%)
Esophageal diverticulum	1 (8.3%)
Methods of primary surgery
Open Ivor Lewis esophagectomy	7 (58.3%)
Robotic-assisted Ivor Lewis esophagectomy	4 (33.3%)
Robotic esophageal diverticulectomy	1 (8.3%)

Data are presented as a median value (interquartile range) or number (%). GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor.