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Reflux hinders anastomotic healing; it is a risko for aspiration after Ivor-Lewis Resektion. Elimination of the reflux with a new negative pressure drain device promotes anastomotic healing. Enteral nutrition is given along a integrated feeding tube.
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Construction of the drain is shown in video. The new drain device is very small. Easily, it is inserted through the nose similiar to a gastric tube. Negative pressure is applied to the drain with an electronic pump, this results in complete and permanent evacuation of the stomach.
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This page is a summary of: Prevention of reflux after esophagectomy with endoscopic negative pressure therapy using a new double-lumen open-pore film drainage with an intestinal feeding tube, Endoscopy, September 2017, Thieme Publishing Group,
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-118211.
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