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

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00016750

Enrollment

400

Registered

2019-03-06

Start date

2018-01-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

C15.9

Interventions

Group 1: Patients who underwent oesophagectomy had pre-operative CT scans scored for extent of calcification, and the correlation between calcification and subsequent conduit necrosis or anastomotic l

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Anastomotic Leak or gastric conduit necrosis, indicated by patient follow up data.	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactBenjamin Jefferies

University of Birmingham

BJJ416@student.bham.ac.uk07766356321

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026