Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy


Principles of intraluminal and intracavitary Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy are shown in:

Video Journal and Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy

Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2013, Pages 51-53


Lecture EndoSwiss 2017:

Can we avoid postsurgical transmural GI-leakages

EndoSwiss 2017                  Zurich Hirslanden


Surgical and Gastroenterological Grand Round 7. Mai 2019:

Universitätsspital Zürich

Klinik für Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie

Endoskopische Unterdrucktherapie am oberen GI-Trakt und neue Indikationen (Duodenum und aktive Refluxdrainage zur Anastomosenprotektion Ösophagus)

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Author commentary on Dörte Wichmann et al.

Wichmann D, Stüker D, Schempf U, Werner CR, Steger V, Königsrainer A, Schweizer U, Archid R. Endoscopic negative pressure therapy with open-pore film drainage and open-pore polyurethane sponge drainage for iatrogenic perforation of the esophagus. Endoscopy. 2020 May;52(5):377-382. doi: 10.1055/a-1139-0772. Epub 2020 Apr 6. Erratum in: Endoscopy. 2020 Apr 08;: PMID: 32252093.