This could suggest that not only anastomotic leakage but other complications in the low MVD group contribute to the increased rate of major complications agreeing with the fact that patients in the low MVD group showed a trend towards more postoperative pneumonia and e.g., more reintubations though these differences were not statistically significant.
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Vascularity of the gastric conduit predicts complications after Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy.
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