Editorial: Endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) in the gastrointestinal tract—a paradigm shift in the surgical treatment and prevention of anastomotic insufficiencies and perforations

• Markus M. Heiss,
• Clemens Schafmayer,
• Christian A. Gutschow

Affiliations

Markus M. Heiss

Department of Abdominal, Tumor, Transplant and Vascular Surgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center, Witten/Herdecke University, Cologne, Germany

Clemens Schafmayer

General, Visceral, Thorax, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany

Christian A. Gutschow

Department of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland