Table 1.
Patient Characteristics
|
Total number of patients undergoing endoscopic management |
49 |
| Median age (years) | 63 (range 38 – 84) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 40 (82%) |
| Female | 9 (18%) |
| Type of Cancer | |
| Esophageal adenocarcinoma | 40 (82%) |
| Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma | 4 (8%) |
| Gastric adenocarcinoma | 5 (10%) |
| Type of Surgery | |
| Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy | 42 (86%) |
| Total gastrectomy | 4 (8%) |
| Esophagogastrectomy | 2 (4%) |
|
Esophagogastrectomy with jejunal interposition |
1 (2%) |
| Median time to leak (days) | 7 (range 3 – 27) |
| Median time from leak to cSEMS (days) | 10 (range 0 – 53) |
cSEMS = covered self-expanding metal stent