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A standardized comparison of peri-operative complications after minimally invasive esophagectomy: Ivor Lewis versus McKeown. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
BACKGROUND: While our institutional approach to esophageal resection for cancer has traditionally favored a minimally invasive (MI) 3-hole, McKeown esophagectomy (MIE 3-hole) during the last five years several factors has determined a shift in our ...
Berger, Adam C.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Vena cava anomalies in thoracic surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Vena cava anomalies are a rare group of anatomical variations due to an incorrect development of the superior or inferior vena cava during fetal life.
Anile, Marco   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Updated risk prediction model for pancreaticoduodenectomy using data from the National Clinical Database in Japan

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
The calibration plots of the updated risk models for the endpoints were analyzed in each cohort. The predicted probability of each endpoint matched the observed probability in the development and validation cohorts. Abstract Aim Risk prediction models for mortality, severe postoperative complications, and postoperative pancreatic fistula in patients ...
Masamichi Mizuma   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Esophagectomy for benign disease [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Thoracic Disease, 2018
Esophagectomy for benign disease is uncommonly used but it is an important option to consider in those patients who have lost function of this organ. Esophageal resection is, in fact considered as a last resort for benign disease, after multiple failed conservative treatments, when the primary disease is not amenable to other treatments and the ...
Jessica Mormando   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Surgical approaches to adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction: the Siewert II conundrum. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND: The Siewert classification system for gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma has provided morphological and topographical information to help guide surgical decision-making.
Berger, Adam C.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Transcribed ultraconserved noncoding RNAs (T-UCR) are involved in Barrett's esophagus carcinogenesis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Barretts esophagus (BE) involves a metaplastic replacement of native esophageal squamous epithelium (Sq) by columnar-intestinalized mucosa, and it is the main risk factor for Barrett-related adenocarcinoma (BAc).
Baffa, R   +17 more
core   +4 more sources

Analysis of surgical volume and short‐term outcomes for upper gastrointestinal cancer post‐COVID‐19: Evidence from a nationwide Japanese database

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study examined changes in surgical volume and short‐term outcomes for upper gastrointestinal cancer in the post‐COVID‐19 period using a nationwide Japanese database. We found that surgical treatments for gastrectomy and esophagectomy continued to be performed safely even after the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Masashi Takeuchi   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical Treatment of Siewert II Gastroesophagel Junction Adenocarcinoma: Esophagectomy or Gastrectomy? Review

open access: yesLietuvos Chirurgija, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Effect on short‐term outcomes of the COVID‐19 pandemic following laparoscopic distal gastrectomy and low anterior resection for gastric and rectal cancer: A retrospective study using the Japanese National Clinical Database, 2018–2022

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Mortality and anastomotic leakage, two very important complications assessed in SMR, did not worsen during the pandemic compared to prepandemic levels. In Japan, laparoscopic surgery was safe and unaffected by the COVID‐19 pandemic even in 2022, when the epidemic spread.
Masafumi Inomata   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

First Case of Esophagectomy Using a Robotic Single-Port System for Laryngo-Esophagectomy

open access: yesJournal of Chest Surgery, 2022
A 58-year-old female patient was diagnosed with hypopharyngeal cancer with extension to the invasion of the upper esophagus. After 2 cycles of durvalumab as neoadjuvant therapy, total laryngo-esophagectomy using a single-port (SP) system via a ...
Seong Yong Park
doaj   +1 more source

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