Background: The FLOT protocol and the CROSS trimodality regimen represent current
standards in the management of locally advanced esophageal adenocarcinoma. In the absence …

Background Efforts to improve surgical safety and outcomes have traditionally placed little
emphasis on intraoperative performance, partly due to difficulties in measurement. Video-…

Objective: To compare overall (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) in esophageal
adenocarcinoma patients with a pathologically complete response (pCR) following neoadjuvant …

Study design: An observational cohort study on consecutive patients at 3 tertiary centers
undergoing FLOT and TTE. Toxicity, operative complications (per ECCG definitions), tumor …

Background Surgery, as part of a multimodal approach, offers the greatest chance of cure
for esophageal cancer. However, esophagectomy is often perceived as having a lasting …

Background Speaking invitations are used by faculty promotion committees as evidence of
external recognition. However, women are underrepresented as speakers at specialty society …

Introduction Despite recent changes to medical education, surgical training remains largely
based on the apprenticeship model. However, after completing training, there are few …

Background Fundoplication is performed routinely during laparoscopic repairs of a
paraesophageal hernia, but the degree of fundoplication remains controversial. The purpose of this …

Introduction Repair of giant paraesophageal hernia (PEH) has historically been associated
with significant morbidity and mortality such that elective repair is only offered to symptomatic …

Scanning of bacterial genomes to identify essential genes is of biological interest, for
understanding the basic functions required for life, and of practical interest, for the identification of …