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Analgesia in esophagectomy: a narrative review
Optimal pain management for esophagectomy facilitates prevention of postoperative complications such as pneumonia, but also chronic pain. Historically, multimodal intravenous analgesia was employed. In the last decades, regional anesthesia including epidural and paravertebral analgesia is frequently used.
Feenstra, Minke L. +4 more
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Objective: Anastomotic leak remains a major source of morbidity after esophagectomy. Cervical anastomoses have been associated with higher leak rates compared with intrathoracic anastomoses; however, cervical leaks may have a less severe clinical impact.
Jenny Bui, MD, MPH +10 more
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Totally robotic esophagectomy is performed using a robotic technique without additional thoracoscopy or laparoscopy. However, most robotic esophagectomies are currently performed in a hybrid form combining robotic and other endoscopic techniques ...
Chang Hyun Kang
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Guidelines have shifted to now recommend endoscopic eradication therapy for Barrett’s esophagus (BE) with low and high-grade dysplasia. Previously, esophagectomy was the standard therapy for high-grade dysplasia.
Arvind J. Trindade +5 more
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Comparison of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy With Transthoracic and Transhiatal Esophagectomy [PDF]
Minimally invasive esophagectomy can be performed as safely as conventional esophagectomy and has distinct perioperative outcome advantages.A retrospective comparison of 3 methods of esophagectomy: minimally invasive, transthoracic, and blunt transhiatal.University medical center.Eighteen consecutive patients underwent combined thoracoscopic and ...
N T, Nguyen +5 more
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Nutritional support and dietary interventions following esophagectomy: challenges and solutions
Melanie Paul, Melanie Baker, Robert N Williams, David J Bowrey Department of Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK Background and aims: Provision of adequate nutrition after esophagectomy remains a major challenge.
Bowrey DJ +7 more
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ABSTRACT Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has recently gained increasing attention as a potential cause of postoperative gastrointestinal symptoms following gastrointestinal cancer surgery. Surgical procedures can disrupt normal gastrointestinal physiology through anatomical reconstruction, impaired motility, reduced gastric acid secretion,
Toru Aoyama +2 more
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Esophagectomy for esophageal stricture with systemic sclerosis: a case report
Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by frequent esophageal involvement. However, there are few reports on esophagectomy for esophageal strictures associated with SSc.
Yuho Ebata +9 more
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Impact of Caesarean section on subsequent fertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
STUDY QUESTION: Is there an association between a Caesarean section and subsequent fertility? SUMMARY ANSWER: Most studies report that fertility is reduced after Caesarean section compared with vaginal delivery. However, studies with a more robust design
Mahmood, TA +6 more
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Importance: While minimally invasive esophagectomy is currently accepted as an effective treatment for patients with esophageal cancer, the long-term survival outcomes of single-incision minimally invasive esophagectomy in these patients are still ...
Yung-Hsin Chen +3 more
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