Introduction Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs provide a format for
multidisciplinary care and has been shown to predictably improve short term outcomes …

Background Centralisation of healthcare, especially for advanced cancer surgery, has been
a matter of debate. Clear short-term mortality benefits have been described for oesophageal …

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

Oesophageal cancer is the 19th most common cancer in the European Union (EU), with∼
45 900 new cases diagnosed in 2012 (1% of the total). In the EU, the highest age …

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

Objective: The aim of this study was to the determine impact of severe esophageal
anastomotic leak (SEAL) upon long-term survival and locoregional cancer recurrence …

Objectives To explore the existence and strength of a relationship between hospital volume
and mortality, to estimate minimum volume thresholds and to assess the potential benefit of …

Purpose The aim of this large multicenter study was to assess the impact of salvage
esophagectomy after definitive chemoradiotherapy (SALV) on clinical outcome. Patients and …

Importance Ninety-day mortality rates after esophagectomy are an indicator of the quality of
surgical oncologic management. Accurate risk prediction based on large data sets may aid …

Background Oesophagectomy has a high risk of postoperative morbidity. The impact of
postoperative complications on overall survival of oesophageal cancer remains unclear …