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Background
Esophagectomy is a highly invasive procedure with a high incidence of complications. The objectives of this study were to create risk prediction models for postoperative morbidity associated with esophagectomy and to test their performance using a population‐based large database.
Methods
A total of 10 862 patients who underwent esophagectomy between January 2011 and December 2012 derived...
Background Management of postoperative chylothorax generally involves nutritional regimens as well as pharmacological and surgical therapies, but a clear consensus has yet to be reached. Methods Retrospective review of 371 patients who underwent esophagectomy for esophageal cancer was performed. They were patients with squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma of the esophagus including Siewert...
Background Our objective was to review the results of surgical treatment for superficial esophageal cancer to obtain the proper indications for the recently proposed esophagus-preserving strategies. Methods The clinicopathological data of 290 consecutive patients with superficial thoracic or abdominal esophageal cancer who underwent esophagectomy with radical lymph node dissection without preoperative...
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