Incidence and treatment of mediastinal leakage after esophagectomy: Insights from the multicenter study on mediastinal leaks

Table 5 Treatment of mediastinal leaks

	Conservative	Endoscopic			Surgical
	NGT antibiotics	NED	ES	Other	Deb	Redo A	Dem
Primary, n	81	11	12	62	6	10	6
Primary, %	13.6	49.2			37.3
Retreat, n	1	2	1	2	2
Retreat, %	12.5	17.2			9.1
Secondary	1 stent	2 end stent	1 restent	1 surg+stent; 1 stent	1 redo A 1 restent
Tertiary		1 reanast		1 reanast; 1 restent	1 dem
Total leaks	7	26			26
Mortality	2		2			3	2
Mortality (%)	25	6.9			22.7

¹Eight patients: radiologically guided drainage (pleural/mediastinal collections).

²One patient transferred to another hospital. NED: Naso-esophageal extraluminal drainage. ES: Endoscopic stent; Other: Other endoscopic treatment (clip, glue); Deb: Surgical debridment with or without stent; Redo A: Redo anastomosis; Dem: Demontage.