Dulce Momblan, Antonio Z Gimeno Garcia, David Busquets, Diego Juzgado, Javier García Lledó, Esther Ferrero, Javier Tejedor-Tejada, Félix Junquera, José Díaz-Tasende, Maria Moris, Enrique Rodriguez de Santiago, Joan Gornals, Carmen Garrido, Santiago Gonzalez-Vazquez, Carlos Guarner-Argente, Alejandro Repiso, Jose Miguel Esteban, Carme Loras, Agustín Seoane, Alejandro Fernández-Simon, Henry Cordova Guevara, Ainitze Ibarzabal, Xavier Morales, Anna Curell, Andrés Cardenas, José Ríos, Antonio Maria de Lacy, Oriol Sendino
INTRODUCTION: Endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) is a novel technique for closing upper gastrointestinal (UGI) defects. Available literature includes single-center retrospective cohort studies with small sample sizes. Furthermore, evidence about factors associated with EVT failure is scarce. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of EVT for the resolution of UGI defects in a multicenter study and to investigate the factors associated with EVT failure and in-hospital mortality. METHODS: This is a prospective cohort study in which consecutive EVT procedures for the treatment of UGI defects from 19 Spanish hospitals were recorded in the national registry between November 2018 and March 2022...
October 1, 2023: American Journal of Gastroenterology