title: [The role of endoscopy in the therapy for perforations and leakages of the gastrointestinal tract].
abstract: Perforations and leakages of hollow organs of the gastrointestinal tract can occur spontaneously among other causes. They can also develop as complications of an endoscopic intervention or after surgical construction of an anastomosis. For the patient, these situations usually are serious and life-threatening. Standard therapy has always been - and most of the time still is - major surgery. These procedures usually are technically difficult and their mortality and morbidity are not satisfactory due to, among others, the occurrence of local infections. Thus, various endoscopic techniques as therapy for perforations and leakages have been developed over the last years. These include above all the endoscopic placement of clip systems and stents and the relatively new vacuum drainage systems. In case of perforations and leakages of the bile duct and the rectum especially, these minimal invasive techniques are widely used, also increasingly in lesions of the esophagus. However, these new, endoscopic procedures suffer from a lack of evidence. This paper highlights the possibilities and limitations of endoscopic options in therapy for perforations and leakages of organs of the gastrointestinal tract.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Department für Innere Medizin, Neurologie und Dermatologie, Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Rheumatologie, Leipzig, Deutschland. juergen.feisthammel@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feisthammel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jonas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mössner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoffmeister
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D015897:Comorbidity; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D013396:Suction; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*