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Upper GI tract

Eso-SPONGE®

Endoluminal vacuum therapy for the treatment and prevention of anastomotic leakages, and for the treatment of perforations, in the upper GI tract.

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Indications

  • Treatment of anastomotic leaks or perforations in the upper gastrointestinal tract*, by means of negative pressure including intraluminal or intracavitary therapy of paraoesophageal and mediastinal septic focus or localised abscesses endoscopically accessible.
  • New: Preventive therapy to reduce the risk of anastomotic leaks in the upper gastrointestinal tract*.

*The upper GI tract refers to the oesophagus, stomach and duodenum, endoscopically accessible within the range of the overtube length.

12.3 % - 13.6 %

Leakage rate in cervical anastomosis [11], [12]

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2.9 % - 9.3 %

Leakage rate in thoracic anastomosis [11], [12]

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Product picture of the Eso-SPONGE® kit
Animation about Endo-SPONGE® endoluminal vacuum therapy in the colorectal area

How to use

Endoluminal vacuum therapy for the treatment of anastomotic leakages and perforations in the upper GI tract.

Procedure step by step and recommended placement

Preventive use of Eso-SPONGE®

Endoluminal vacuum therapy for the prevention of anastomotic leakages in the upper GI tract.

Illustration of the preventive use of Eso-SPONGE®

Connection to the vacuum source

How to use the variable speed medical vacuum pump MV 1 (MTG Sulzbach, Germany – distributed by B. Braun).

Male patient in a hospital with a female doctor laughing together

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