Oesophageal carcinoma affects more than 450 000 people worldwide and the incidence is
rapidly increasing. Squamous-cell carcinoma is the predominant form of oesophageal …

Esophageal cancer is a serious malignancy with regards to mortality and prognosis. It is a
growing health concern that is expected to increase in incidence over the next 10 years …

Background Controversy exists about the best surgical treatment for esophageal carcinoma.
Methods We randomly assigned 220 patients with adenocarcinoma of the mid-to-distal …

Objective: To determine whether extended transthoracic esophagectomy for
adenocarcinoma of the mid/distal esophagus improves long-term survival. Background: A …

Objective: This nation-wide population-based study aimed to report postoperative morbidity
and mortality after esophagectomy and gastrectomy in the Netherlands according to the …

Background Because of the inaccessibility of mediastinal nodal metastases, the left
thoracoabdominal approach (LTA) has often been used to treat gastric cancer of the cardia …

Objective:“Rediscovered” in 1976, transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) has been applicable in
most situations requiring esophageal resection and reconstruction. The objective of this …

BACKGROUND: The Department of Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement
Program is a unique resource to prospectively analyze surgical outcomes from a cross …

Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common form of cancer worldwide. The treatments for
esophageal cancer depend on its etiology. For mucosal cancer, endoscopic mucosal …

Esophageal cancer surgery, comprising esophagectomy with radical lymphadenectomy, is a
complex procedure associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. The enhanced …