Objective: This review summarizes reporting of complications of esophageal cancer surgery.
Background: Accurate assessment of morbidity and mortality after surgery for cancer is …

Objective: Utilizing a standardized dataset with specific definitions to prospectively collect
international data to provide a benchmark for complications and outcomes associated with …

Despite improvements in operative strategies for esophageal resection, anastomotic leaks,
fistula, postoperative pulmonary complications, and chylothorax can occur. Our review seeks …

Methods: The Esophageal Complications Consensus Group comprised 21 high-volume
esophageal surgeons from 14 countries, supported by all the major thoracic and upper …

Although circulating neutrophils are associated with distant metastasis and poor outcome in
a number of epithelial malignancies, it remains unclear whether neutrophils play an active …

Background The impact of postoperative complications on the administration of adjuvant
therapy following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) for adenocarcinoma is still unclear …

Background Studies comparing the anastomotic leak rate in patients with an intrathoracic
versus a cervical anastomosis after oesophagectomy are equivocal. The aim of this study …

Objectives: To assess the impact of postoperative complications after transthoracic
esophagectomy, using the modified Clavien classification, on recurrence and on its timing in …

Objective: This study aims to verify the utility of international online datasets to benchmark
and monitor treatment and outcomes in major oncologic procedures. Background: The …

Background The causal pathway between complications after pancreatic cancer resection
and impaired long-term survival remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate …