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New Trend of Surgery in Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients
The treatment of locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is still controversial. Although, preoperative chemoradiation, followed by esophagectomy is the standard treatment, morbidity and patients’ quality of life problems after an ...
Tatcha Rerkrak, Somkiat Sunpaweravong
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Role of Barium Swallow in Diagnosing Clinically Significant Anastomotic Leak following Esophagectomy [PDF]
Background Barium swallow is performed following esophagectomy to evaluate the anastomosis for detection of leaks and to assess the emptying of the gastric conduit.
Bashir, Mohammad +6 more
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What's New? Patients with esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer with residual disease after treatment with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) and resection frequently experience poor survival. Improvements in outcome, however, may be possible using adjuvant treatment with nivolumab.
Rob H. A. Verhoeven +9 more
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In the era of minimally invasive surgery, esophagectomy remains a highly invasive procedure with a high rate of postoperative complications. Preoperative risk assessment is essential for planning esophagectomy in patients with esophageal cancer, and it ...
Hirotoshi Kikuchi +3 more
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Introduction. Surgery is the only curative treatment option for patients with gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma. These tumors can be resected by gastrectomy or esophagectomy depending on tumor localization.
Ugnė Imbrasaitė +3 more
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Delayed Onset Free Jejunal Flap Necrosis due to Thrombosis: A Case Report
Reports of jejunal flap necrosis caused by vascular anastomosis thrombosis as a late complication are rare. We report the case of a 68‐year‐old man who presented with free jejunal necrosis more than 2 years after reconstruction surgery and achieved a successful outcome due to relatively early necrosis detection, enabling salvage surgery before severe ...
Ken Kasahara +7 more
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Loss of skeletal muscle mass during neoadjuvant treatments correlates with worse prognosis in esophageal cancer : a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Background: Nutritional deficits, cachexia, and sarcopenia are extremely common in esophageal cancer. The aim of this article was to assess the effect of loss of skeletal muscle mass during neoadjuvant treatment on the prognosis of esophageal cancer ...
Ilonen, Ilkka +4 more
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Abstract Background Esophagectomy causes anatomical changes that can lead to rapid food transit and reactive hypoglycemia (RH). Patients are advised on eating patterns postesophagectomy to prevent RH, but its true incidence and the impact of dietary recommendations remain under‐researched.
Rachel O'Kelly +9 more
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Download the full PDF of Jefferson Surgical Solutions Spring 2009, Volume 4, Number 1. [PDF]
Download the full PDF of Jefferson Surgical Solutions Spring 2009, Volume 4, Number ...
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Thoracolaparoscopic McKeown esophagectomy
Unlike Europe and America, the rate of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in China is 90% higher (1); also, most of the lesions are located at the middle thoracic part of the esophagus. There has been an increasing number of esophagectomies has been performing by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) in China.
Jinshi Liu +6 more
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