Francisco Tustumi

BACKGROUND: The majority of HCC patients within Milan criteria, compete with cirrhosis patients with high MELD for liver transplantation based on an exceptional score which is the calculated MELD at registration, 28 after six months of waiting, 31 after 1 year and thereafter capped at 34 after one…

Cytoreductive surgery for peritoneal metastases can result in long-term survival in patients with gastrointestinal and gynecologic malignancies. CRS is traditionally performed via laparotomy but the morbidity of such operations remains a major limiting factor…

BACKGROUND: To address the persistent ethnoracial and socioeconomic disparities in access to quality surgical cancer care, it is imperative to rigorously understand the role of clinician-level factors including clinician-to-clinician connectedness…

SOCIETY: SSAT

Background and aims: Several small studies reported high risk of progression to high grade dysplasia (HGD) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) in Barrett’s esophagus (BE) patients who undergo solid organ transplantation (SOT)…

BACKGROUND: Despite the advances in the multidisciplinary treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma, the overall 5-year survival remains only 33.3% in North America. R0 resection with adequate lymphadenectomy remains the mainstay therapy…

INTRODUCTION: Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones that play an important role in intracellular proteostasis, apoptotic control, and protection against different stress events and have been reported to be overexpressed in many cancers, including the esophagus and stomach…

INTRODUCTION: Anastomotic leak is one of the major complications of esophagogastric surgery. Vacuum endoscopic treatment has been used as an effective strategy for treating leaks. Considering the effectiveness of vacuum therapy, some authors suggest its prophylactic use in risky anastomoses…

We present a case of early rectum adenocarcinoma treated with robot-assisted TAMIS. A 59-year-old female patient underwent a colonoscopy, which identified a rectal LST, with 35 mm and 10 cm from the anal verge. Biopsy resulted in adenocarcinoma…

BACKGROUND: The standard approach for the treatment of patients with locally advanced adenocarcinomas of the gastroesophageal junction (AGEJ) includes perioperative chemotherapy (CMT) or chemoradiation therapy (CRT)…

Gastric Cancer (GC) is the 4th most common cancer worldwide. Our prior analysis has shown geographic differences in mortality outcomes…

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to evaluate, in an animal model, the potential role of botulinum toxin type A (BTX) in preventing the recurrence of incisional hernia by inducing paralysis of abdominal muscles…

Healthcare is heterogeneous throughout the world, especially in developing countries. Some patients receive cutting-edge treatment, while others have limited access to health resources…

INTRODUCTION: The main treatment options for cholestasis in advanced pancreas cancer are endoscopic stenting (ES), transhepatic drainage, and biliary bypass surgery (BBS). The aim of the current study is to compare the safety and efficacy of BBS and ES…

PYLORIC IMPEDANCE PLANIMETRY DURING ENDOSCOPIC PER-ORAL PYLOROMYOTOMY (POP) GUIDES MYOTOMY EXTENT

SIMULTANEOUS ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS AND CHOLECYSTECTOMY NATIONWIDE OUTCOMES