Complications - Esophageal resection

  1. Intraoperative complications

    • Splenic hemorrhage requires splenectomy
    • Complete ischemia of the gastric tube requires gastrectomy and subsequent transposition of the colon for reconstruction
    • Oversew pulmonary fistulas and/or manage with Tachosil® collagen sponge and/or fibrin sealant
    • Oversew any bleeding from the aorta or pulmonary vessels
    • Best prevent lymph fistulas by carefully suture ligating 
Postoperative complications

Management of any complications is more successful the more experience hospitals have with these pr

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