Introduction Prehabilitation prior to major surgery has increased in popularity over recent
years and aims to improve pre‐operative conditioning of patients to improve post‐operative …

This Guideline is an official statement of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
(ESGE). The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation …

Introduction Little is known about mortality rates following general surgical procedures in the
United Kingdom. Deaths are most common in the'high-risk'surgical population consisting …

Objective: This article aims to provide the first systematic review of enhanced recovery after
surgery (ERAS) programs for esophagectomy and generate guidelines. Background: ERAS …

Introduction Open esophagectomy for cancer is a major oncological procedure, associated
with significant morbidity and mortality. Recently, thoracoscopic procedures have offered a …

Rationale: Experimental data suggest that manipulation of alveolar fluid clearance with β-
agonists can accelerate the resolution of alveolar edema and improve survival. Objective: To …

Anastomotic leakage following total gastrectomy or esophagectomy is a significant
complication that considerably increases postoperative mortality. The location of the …

Background and Objectives Sarcopenia or loss of skeletal muscle mass has been identified
as a poor prognostic factor for a wide variety of diseases and conditions. We investigated …

Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) followed by surgery for resectable
oesophageal or gastric cancer improves outcome when compared with surgery alone …

Chemotherapy is generally considered as the main treatment for metastatic gastric
adenocarcinoma. The role of gastrectomy for metastatic gastric cancer without obvious …