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BACKGROUND
Historically, obesity contraindicated an abdominal approach to the esophagogastric junction. The technique of transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) evolved without specific regard to body habitus. The dramatic increase in obese patients requiring an esophagectomy for complications of reflux
Background: Low endogenous testosterone has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk in men.
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of low serum testosterone level
Robot-assisted surgery overcomes some of the limitations of traditional laparoscopic surgery. We present our experience and lessons learned in two surgical units dedicated to gastro-esophageal surgery. From June 2009 to January 2013, we performed 130 robot-assisted gastroesophageal procedures,
BACKGROUND Mesenteric panniculitis (MP) is an idiopathic chronic inflammatory condition of the mesentery. The main symptoms include abdominal pain, abdominal distention, weight loss, fever, nausea, and vomiting. The patients also present with chylous ascites in 14% of the cases and chylous pleural
OBJECTIVE
To compare the postoperative complications following laparoscopic and open colorectal cancer resection.
METHODS
From January 2000 to September 2011, 910 patients underwent laparoscopic surgery and 434 open surgery. The postoperative complications were compared between the two
OBJECTIVE
To compare the surgical complication rate between laparoscopic and open radical resection for colorectal cancer.
METHODS
From September 2000 to December 2005, 491 cases with colorectal cancer were divided into two groups prospectively and nonrandomly,and received radical laparoscopic
OBJECTIVE
There is no consensus about the impact of a high BMI on postoperative morbidity and survival after esophagectomy. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of a high BMI on postoperative complications and survival in a large cohort of esophageal cancer patients.
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