Vascular Calcification does not predict anastomotic leak or conduit necrosis following oesophagectomy for malignancy in a UK cohort

• Conditions: C15.9; Oesophagus, unspecified

• Registration Number: DRKS00016750
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Birmingham

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2019-01-30
• Study Start: 2019-03-06
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 413

Inclusion Criteria

Consecutive patients who had undergone oesophagectomy with oesophagogastric anastomosis for malignancy.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients were excluded if no pre-operative CT scan was available, or they had insufficient follow up to determine whether outcomes had occurred (i.e. those not discharged before 15th January 2018). Oesophagectomies for benign disease or open and close procedures due to irressectable or metastatic disease were also excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anastomotic Leak or gastric conduit necrosis, indicated by patient follow up data.