background in this study, given the importance of gastrointestinal anastomosis in surgical procedures, attempts have been made to compare the results of employing magnetic compression anastomosis and magnetic coils in intestinal anastomosis of rats. materials and methods this study was an experimental trial on 60 rats which had been randomly divided into two experiment (30) and control (30) gro...

Abstract Background Frailty is considered a preoperative risk factor for complications after esophagectomy while impaired gastric conduit perfusion associated with anastomotic leaks. Patients may be candidates ischemic preconditioning, surgical procedure performed prior to definitive improve perfusion. The aim of this study was investigate the association between radiographic determinants frail...

BACKGROUND The incidence of the esophagogastric junction cancer is growing rapidly. The purpose of this study is to clarify the outcome of the ratio between metastatic and examined lymph nodes in esophagogastric junction cancer patients with or without 7 examined lymph nodes. METHODS A total of 3,481 patients who underwent operation are identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End ...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have examined the addition of docetaxel to fluorouracil and cisplatin in advanced esophagogastric cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS We carried out a phase I dose-escalation study of weekly docetaxel, cisplatin, and irinotecan (TPC), given on days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks, in patients with chemonaive solid tumors. Subsequently, we completed a multiinstitutional phase II study...

BACKGROUND As the use of laparoscopic techniques have expanded to more complicated procedures, limitations of laparoscopy have begun to be realized. To help regain the ability to palpate and bluntly dissect tissues, and handle larger organs, surgeons have begun to utilize devices which allow the surgeon's hand to be inserted into the abdomen during laparoscopic procedures. One such devices is t...

Anastomotic leakage is considered as an independent risk factor for postoperative mortality after esophagectomy, and an insufficient blood flow in the reconstructed conduit may be a risk factor of anastomotic leakage. We investigated the clinical significance of blood flow visualization by indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence in the gastric conduit as a means of predicting the leakage of esopha...

BACKGROUND Even though the esophageal cancer has innumerous treatment options its prognosis is still unsettled. Because esophagectomy is rarely curative, new and emerging therapies come to light such as isolated chemotherapy and radiotherapy or combined chemoradiation, followed or not by surgery. The rescue esophagectomy is an alternative for those patients with recurrent or advanced disease. ...

BACKGROUND & PURPOSE Despite potential advantages of gastric transposition there are some concerns about this surgical technique of esophageal substitution in children. In the current study the morbidity and functional outcome are surveyed in a series of patients undergoing gastric transposition due to extensive post-corrosive esophageal strictures. METHODS Retrospective analysis of children ...