Current approach for Boerhaaves syndrome: A systematic review of case reports

Table 3 Initial treatment for Boerhaave syndrome

			The number do not add up because of duplication case
Conservation (n = 25)a	Esophageal stent		17
	Clipping		5
	Thoracic drainage		21
	EVACb		1
Operation (n = 31)	Approach	Trans-thoracic approach	18
		Trans-abdominal approach	10
		Trans-thoracic and abdominal approach	3
	Method	Primary repair only	8
		Primary repair with omentoplasty	6
		Primary repair with fundus pauch	6
		Primary repair with intercostal muscle pauch	5
		Primary repair with pericardial fat pauch	5
		T tube	2
		Esophagectomy	1
		Esophagostomy and gastrostomy	1

^aDuplication exist.

^bEndoluminal vacuum-assisted therapy.

EVAC: Endoluminal vacuum-assisted.