Table 1 Comparison of recent reports describing the management of fistula between the airway and reconstructed conduit after esophagectomy

Bartels et al. [4]

1998

31

0.51

n/a

Buskens et al. [5]

2001

6

0.26

0/4 (0)

Mangi et al. [6]

2002

2

n/a

0/2 (0)

Shen et al. [7]

2010

11

n/a

2/35 (5.7*)

Yasuda et al. [8]

2012

10

1.65

3/6 (30)

Schweigert et al. [9]

2012

7

3.15

2/2 (100)

Kuwabara et al. [10]

2013

9

1.89

1/4 (25)

Wang et al. [11]

2014

7

0.64

2/3 (66.8)

Morita et al. [12]

2015

6

0.26

0/2 (0)

Lambertz et al. [13]

2016

13

1.08

4/7 (57.1)

Balakrishnan et al. [14]

2018

3

0.28

n/a

Changchu et al. [15]

2020

26

0.41

11/26 (42.3)