Anatomical and anastomotic viability indexes for stratifying the risk of anastomotic leakage in esophagectomy with retrosternal reconstruction.
Keita TakahashiKatsunori NishikawaYuichiro TanishimaYoshitaka IshikawaTakanori KurogochiMasami YudaAkira MatsumotoFumiaki YanoToru IkegamiKen EtoPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2023)
The combination of AI and AVI strongly predicted AL. Additionally, the use of AI and AVI enabled the stratification of the risk of AL in patients who underwent esophagectomy with retrosternal reconstruction.