Efficacy of endoscopic filling with polyglycolic acid sheets and fibrin glue for anastomotic leak after esophageal cancer surgery: identification of an optimal technique.
Hiroyuki HatamoriToshiyuki YoshioYoshitaka TokaiKen NamikawaShoichi YoshimizuYusuke HoriuchiTomohiro TsuchidaAkiyoshi IshiyamaToshiaki HirasawaJun KanamoriAkihiko OkamuraYu ImamuraMasayuki WatanabeJunko FujisakiPublished in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2021)
Endoscopic filling with PGA sheets and fibrin glue is a safe and effective treatment for the closure of an anastomotic leak. The pre-soak method can achieve successful endoscopic filling.