Risk of chyle leak after robotic versus video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
PMID: 33660122

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We investigate the incidence and risk factors for post-operative outcomes including chyle leak following minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE).

Authors

  • Aaron R Dezube
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. adezube@partners.org.
  • Suden Kucukak
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
  • Luis E De León
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
  • Kostas Kostopanagiotou
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
  • Michael T Jaklitsch
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Jon O Wee
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: jwee@partners.org.

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