Table 1. Patient characteristics.

Case number	Age, years; sex	Stage of esophageal cancer	Surgery	Reconstruction	Rout	Chemoradiotherapy	Days since surgery	Location	Size of fistula (mm)	Type of fistula	Outcome	Time to closure (days)
1	71; male	II	VATS	Gastric tube	Posterior mediastinal	No	1634	Right	12	Esophagobronchial	Failure	–
2	74; male	III	Open	Gastric tube	Posterior mediastinal	No	148	Posterior	2	Esophagomediastinal	Success	57
3	70; male	III	Open	Jejunum	Posterior mediastinal	Previous	122	Left	3	Esophagobronchial	Failure	–
4	73; male	I	VATS	Gastric tube	Posterior mediastinal	Additional	1259	Right	2	Esophagobronchial	Success	71
5	69; male	II	Open	Gastric tube	Posterior mediastinal	Previous	696	Right	2	Esophagobronchial	Failure	–

VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy