Background Preoperative smoking cessation is considered integral to decreasing
postoperative morbidities after esophagectomy. To our knowledge, the association of the …

Background Smoking is one of the risk factors for postoperative morbidity. There were no
studies on the correlation between the duration of smoking cessation and the incidence of …

Background Several cohort studies have reported that post-esophagectomy morbidities may
worsen prognosis. Smoking cessation is an effective prophylactic measure for reducing post …

Introduction Esophagectomy is a key component in the curative treatment of esophageal
cancer. Little is understood about the impact of smoking status on perioperative morbidity …

Background Pulmonary morbidities after esophagectomy are still common and are a major
cause of surgery-related mortality. The relationship between minimally invasive …

Background Despite progress in multidisciplinary treatment of esophageal cancer, oncologic
esophagectomy is still the cornerstone of therapeutic strategies. Several scoring systems are …

Background Although some studies have compared esophagectomy outcomes by technique
or approach, there is opportunity to strengthen our knowledge surrounding these outcomes …

Background Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer is associated with frequent respiratory
morbidities, which may deteriorate postoperative survival outcomes. Thoracoscopic …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) following open esophagectomy has been associated with increased
rates of pulmonary and anastomotic complications, and mortality. This study seeks to …

Background The benefit of using the laparoscopic approach in minimally invasive
esophagectomy (MIE) has not been established. We therefore compared the outcome of …