Literature Updates

Abdelmoaty, Walaa MD; Dunst, Christy MD; Fletcher, Reid MD; Doan, Huy BA; Tugulan, Carmen MD; Walters, Jarvis DO; Davila-Bradley, Daniel MD; Reavis, Kevin MD; Swanstrom, Lee MD; DeMeester, Steven MD

Read Abstract: The Development and Natural History of Hiatal Hernias: A Study Using Sequential Barium Upper Gastrointestinal Series

Hansol Kang, Kfir Ben-David, George A. Sarosi & Ryan M. Thomas

Read Abstract:  Routine Radiologic Assessment for Anastomotic Leak Is Not Necessary in Asymptomatic Patients After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer

Tao Bao, MS ∗, Kun-Kun Li, MD ∗, Bi Liu, MS, Xiao-Long Zhao, MS, Ying-Jian Wang, MS, Wei Guo, MD, PhD

Read Abstract: Learning Curve and Associated Prognosis of Minimally Invasive McKeown Esophagectomy

Vos, Elvira L MD, PhD¹; Nakauchi, Masaya MD, FACS¹; Capanu, Marinela PhD²; Park, Bernard J MD, FACS³; Coit, Daniel G MD, FACS¹; Molena, Daniela MD, FACS³; Yoon, Samuel S MD, FACS¹; Jones, David R MD, FACS³; Strong, Vivian E MD, FACS¹ 

Read Abstract:  Phase II Trial Evaluating Esophageal Anastomotic Reinforcement with a Biologic, Degradable, Extracellular Matrix after Total Gastrectomy and Esophagectomy

Raman, Vignesh MD, MHS^∗; Jawitz, Oliver K. MD, MHS^∗; Farrow, Norma E. MD, MHS^∗; Voigt, Soraya L. MD^∗; Rhodin, Kristen E. MD^∗; Yang, Chi-Fu J. MD^†; Turner, Megan C. MD^∗; D’Amico, Thomas A. MD^∗; Harpole, David H. MD^∗; Tong, Betty C. MD, MHS^∗

Read Abstract:  The Relationship Between Lymph Node Ratio and Survival Benefit With Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Node-positive Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Abdelmoaty, Walaa MD; Dunst, Christy MD; Fletcher, Reid MD; Doan, Huy BA; Tugulan, Carmen MD; Walters, Jarvis DO; Davila-Bradley, Daniel MD; Reavis, Kevin MD; Swanstrom, Lee MD; DeMeester, Steven MD

Read Abstract:  The Development and Natural History of Hiatal Hernias: A Study Using Sequential Barium Upper Gastrointestinal Series

Kamarajah, Sivesh K. BMedSci, MBChB^∗,†; Phillips, Alexander W. MD, MA, FRCSEd^∗,‡; Hanna, George B. PhD, FRCS^§; Low, Donald MD, FACS^¶; Markar, Sheraz R. MRCS, MSc, MA, PhD, PhD^§,|| 

Read Abstract:  Definitive Chemoradiotherapy Compared to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy With Esophagectomy for Locoregional Esophageal Cancer National Population-based Cohort Study

Kuppusamy, Madhan K. FRCS (C-Th);  Low, Donald E. FACS, FRCS; On Behalf of the International Esodata Study Group (IESG)

Read Abstract:  Evaluation of International Contemporary Operative Outcomes and Management Trends Associated With Esophagectomy A 4-Year Study of >6000 Patients Using ECCG Definitions and the Online Esodata Database

van der Wilk, Berend J. MD^∗; Eyck, Ben M. MD^∗; Hofstetter, Wayne L. MD, PhD^†; Ajani, Jaffer A. MD, PhD^‡; Piessen, Guillaume MD, PhD^§; Castoro, Carlo MD, PhD^¶,||; Alfieri, Rita MD, PhD^||; Kim, Jong H. MD, PhD^∗∗; Kim, Sung-Bae MD, PhD^††; Furlong, Heidi MD^‡‡; Walsh, Thomas N. MD, PhD^‡‡; Nieboer, Daan MSc^§§; Wijnhoven, Bas P. L. MD, PhD^∗; Lagarde, Sjoerd M. MD, PhD^∗; Lanschot, J. Jan B. van MD, PhD^∗

Read Abstract:  Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Active Surveillance Versus Standard Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer:  A Systemic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis

Read Abstract:  Nivolumab Combination Therapy in Advanced Esophageal Squamous-Cell Carcinoma