Anastomotic Stricture After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Feingold P, Bryan D, Kuckelman J, Kennedy-Shaffer L, Wang V, Deeb A, Wee J, Jaklitsch M, Marshall M. Anastomotic Stricture After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2023, 116: 712-719. PMID: 37244601, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimally invasive esophagectomyInvasive esophagectomyAnastomotic strictureMinimally invasive esophagectomy approachesUnivariate analysis of patientsSingle-institution retrospective reviewAssociated with strictureAnalysis of patientsProportion of patientsDay of surgeryPercentage of patientsAssociated with anastomotic strictureTumor histologyTumor stageAnastomotic dilatationInitial dilationSurgeon variablesUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysisPrimary outcomeEsophagectomyStricturePatientsRisk factorsImprove outcomes