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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Sep 28;101(1):301–304. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.072

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