This article was originally posted in GI & Hepatology News.
In this issue of Perspectives, Dr. RJ Sealock, assistant professor of medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine, and Dr. Thiru Muniraj, associate professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, share their experiences performing minimally invasive alternatives to surgery, discussing both sides of gastrointestinal perforations – treating and creating.
Dr. Sealock discusses how endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) overcomes many of the limitations of traditional endoscopic closure or diversion using covered stents and can be considered as a first-line approach for a majority of indications. He describes how we can “MacGyver” traditional surgical wound vacs to treat Boerhaave’s, which has fostered ingenuity and creativity in the field.