Pancreatic cancer is likely to become the second most frequent cause of cancer-associated
mortality within the next decade. Surgical resection with adjuvant systemic chemotherapy …

Surgery is essential for global cancer care in all resource settings. Of the 15· 2 million new
cases of cancer in 2015, over 80% of cases will need surgery, some several times. By 2030 …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive review was conducted on literature published through March 1, 2020. Searches …

Importance Robot-assisted radical cystectomy is being performed with increasing frequency,
but it is unclear whether total intracorporeal surgery improves recovery compared with open …

Members of this Guideline Writing Committee (GWC) were selected by the European Society
for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) to represent physicians involved in the management of patients …

Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair of complex aortic aneurysms requires incorporation of
side branches using specially designed aortic stent grafts with fenestrations, directional …

Background Postoperative complications, especially pulmonary complications, affect more
than half the patients who undergo open esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. Whether …

Background Laparoscopic pancreatoduodenectomy may improve postoperative recovery
compared with open pancreatoduodenectomy. However, there are concerns that the …

Almost one million (951 600) new cases of gastric cancer were diagnosed globally in 2012,
resulting in∼ 723 100 deaths [1]. Of these∼ 140 000 cases and∼ 107 000 deaths occurred …

Background: Severe isolated disease of the tricuspid valve (TV) is increasing and results in
intractable right heart failure. However, isolated TV surgery is rarely performed, and there …