In some patients, the inflammatory‐immune response to surgical injury progresses to a
harmful, dysregulated state. We posit that postoperative systemic inflammatory dysregulation …

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity has continued to increase in the United States
and around the world. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National …

Objective To assess the effect of dexamethasone on complications or all cause mortality
after major non-cardiac surgery. Design Phase III, randomised, double blind, placebo …

Morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy are often related to anastomotic leakage or
pneumonia. This study aimed to assess the relationship of intraoperative and postoperative …

Objective: To assess the effect of preoperative prophylactic corticosteroid use on short-term
outcomes after oncologic esophagectomy. Background: Previous studies have shown that …

Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer is one of the most invasive procedures in
gastrointestinal surgery. An invasive surgical procedure causes postoperative lung injury …

This study was designed as an external evaluation of the Steyerberg score in the prediction
of different categories of postoperative mortality after esophagectomy on a large nationwide …

Background The modulation of perioperative inflammation seems crucial to improve
postoperative morbidity and cancer-related outcomes in patients undergoing oncological …

Background Esophageal anastomotic leakage (EAL) is a severe complication following
gastric and esophageal surgery for cancer. Several non-modifiable, patient or surgery …

Corticosteroids have been empirically administered to reduce the rate of acute respiratory
distress syndrome (ARDS) after esophagectomy. However, their efficacy remains …