Literature Updates

Read Abstract:  Revisional Therapy for Recurrent Symptoms After Heller Myotomy for Achalasia

Read Abstract:  Significance of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Early-Onset Pneumonia After Radical Esophageal Cancer Resection: A Retrospective Analysis of 356 Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy

Read Abstract:  Patient-Related Prognostic Factors for Anastomotic Leakage, Major Complications, and Short-Term Mortality Following Esophagectomy for Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses

Read Abstract:  The Value of Paratracheal Lymphadenectomy in Esophagectomy for Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus or Gastroesophageal Junction: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Read Abstract:  PET-Uptake Reduction into Lymph Nodes After Neoadjuvant Therapy is Highly Predictive of Prognosis for Patients Who have Thoracic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Chemoradiotherapy Plus Esophagectomy

M. Hart Squires MD, Nicole Gower BS, Jennifer H. Benbow PhD, Erin E. Donahue PhD, Casey E. Bohl MD, PhD, Roshan S. Prabhu MD, Joshua S. Hill MS, MD & Jonathan C. Salo MD, FACS

Read full article at PET Imaging and Rate of Pathologic Complete Response in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Rudolph-Stringer, Victoria MD∗; Bright, Tim MBBS, MS∗; Irvine, Tanya BSc (hon)∗; Thompson, Sarah K. MD, PhD∗; Devitt, Peter G. MBBS, MS†; Game, Philip A.†; Jamieson, Glyn G. MBBS, MS†; Watson, David I. MBBS, MD, PhD∗

Read the full abstract on Randomized Trial of Laparoscopic Nissen Versus Anterior 180 Degree Partial Fundoplication – Late Clinical Outcomes at 15 to 20 years

Angeramo, Cristian A. MD; Schlottmann, Francisco MD, MPH

Read the full abstract on Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: To Mesh or not to Mesh. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Lee, Yung MD∗; Samarasinghe, Yasith BHSc†; Lee, Michael H. BHSc‡; Thiru, Luxmy BSc†; Shargall, Yaron MD†; Finley, Christian MD, MPH†; Hanna, Wael MD, MBA†; Levine, Oren MD, MPH§; Juergens, Rosalyn MD, PhD§; Agzarian, John MD, MPH†

Read the full abstract on Role of Adjuvant Therapy in Esophageal Cancer Patients After Neoadjuvant Therapy and Esophagectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Harris, Alexander PhD∗; Butterworth, James MSc∗; Boshier, Piers R. PhD∗; MacKenzie, Hugh PhD∗; Tokunaga, Masanori PhD†; Sunagawa, Hideki PhD‡; Mavroveli, Stella PhD∗; Ni, Melody PhD∗; Mikhail, Sameh MD§; Yeh, Chi-Chuan PhD¶; Blencowe, Natalie S. PhD||,∗∗; Avery, Kerry N. L. PhD∗∗; Hardwick, Richard MD††; Hoelscher, Arnulf PhD‡‡; Pera, Manuel PhD§§; Zaninotto, Giovanni MD∗; Law, Simon PhD¶¶; Low, Donald E. MD||||; van Lanschot, Jan J. B. PhD∗∗∗; Berrisford, Richard ChM†††; Barham, Christopher Paul MD||; Blazeby, Jane M. MD||,∗∗; Hanna, George B. PhD∗

Read the full abstract on the Development of a Reliable Surgical Quality Assurance System for 2-stage Esophagectomy in Randomized Controlled Trials