ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2019
Vascular calcification does not predict anastomotic leak or conduit necrosis following oesophagectomy.
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- The relationship between programmed cell death and vascular calcification.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- The predictive value of preoperative inflammatory status for anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Abdominal aortic calcification among gastroenterological and transplant surgery.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2024Review
- Major coronary artery calcifications as predictors of postoperative complications in Ivor Lewis esophagectomies: a five-year retrospective analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Late-onset lethal complication of non-surgically managed massive gastric conduit necrosis after esophagectomy: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Pattern of Aorto-coeliac Calcification Correlating Cervical Esophago-gastric Anastomotic Leak After Esophagectomy for Cancer: a Retrospective Study.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2023Article
- Association between Vascular Calcification and Esophagojejunal Anastomotic Complications after Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Propensity-Matched Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnastomotic leaks (AL) and gastric conduit necrosis (CN) are serious complications following oesophagectomy. Some studies have suggested that vascular calcification may be associated with an increased AL rate, but this has not been validated in a United Kingdom population.
aimTo investigate whether vascular calcification identified on the pre-operative computed tomography (CT) scan is predictive of AL or CN.
methodsRoutine pre-operative CT scans of 414 patients who underwent oesophagectomy for malignancy with oesophagogastric anastomosis at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham between 2006 and 2018 were retrospectively analysed. Calcification of the proximal aorta, distal aorta, coeliac trunk and branches of the coeliac trunk was scored by two reviewers. The relationship between these calcification scores and occurrence of AL and CN was then analysed. The Esophagectomy Complications Consensus Group definition of AL and CN was used.
resultsComplication data were available in
conclusionCalcification scoring was not significantly associated with Anastomotic Leak or CN in our study, therefore should not be used to identify patients who are high risk for these complications.
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