Abstract
Background
Anastomotic leakage in esophagectomy is a serious complication, and assessing blood perfusion in the conduit can help minimize this risk. Indocyanine green is the most widely used method to assess tissue blood flow; however, this technique has disadvantages. Evaluating tissue oxygen saturation in the gastric conduit during thoracic esophagectomy compared with indocyanine green blood perfusion assessment addresses these disadvantages and can be performed easily and repeatedly.
Methods
This was a prospective study of patients with esophageal cancer...
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Autores: Rahul Kanitkar, Vassilis Pitsinis, Bushra Riaz, Alessio Vinci, Fiona Hogg , Lee B. Jordan
