1. Endoscopic Endoluminal Vacuum Therapy in Esophageal Perforation
Nils Heits, MD, Leonie Stapel, Benedikt Reichert, MD, Clemens Schafmayer, MD, Bodo Schniewind, MD, Thomas Becker, MD, Jochen Hampe, MD, Jan-Hendrik Egberts 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 97, Issue 3, Pages (March 2014)
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2. Fig 1
Patient with perforation of the thoracic esophagus of 4 cm before endovacuum insertion (white arrow = perforation cavity).
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3. Fig 2
Perforation cavity after endovacuum insertion (black arrow = perforation cavity; red arrow = suction tube; white arrow = endovacuum sponge).
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4. Fig 3
Contracted perforation cavity under suction of the endovacuum (black arrow = granulation tissue; white arrow = endovacuum sponge).
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5. Fig 4
Previous perforation cavity adhered after 6 endoluminal vacuum therapy sessions 18 days after the first endovacuum insertion (black arrow = healed former perforation cavity).
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6. Fig 5
Length of hospital stay related to the start of endoluminal vacuum therapy (EVT); *p =
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7. Fig 6
Infectious specific laboratory measurements of procalcitonin (PCT) during the first 2 weeks of endoluminal vacuum therapy (EVT).
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8. Fig 7 Perforation-associated complications.
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