BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), with or without hiatal hernia (HH), affects millions of individuals worldwide, with a significant economic impact and loss of health-related quality of life…
BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), with or without hiatal hernia (HH), affects millions of individuals worldwide, with a significant economic impact and loss of health-related quality of life…
Laparoscopic fundoplication in patients with a history of lung transplant has an average length of stay (LOS) of 3 days with a 30-day readmission rate of 25%, which is significantly worse compared to the non-lung transplant population…
Toupet fundoplication (TF) has been shown to have fewer adverse effects compared to Nissen fundoplication (NF), however, it is unknown whether the advantages of TF persist when comparing outcomes by the distensibility of post-fundoplication lower esophageal sphincter (LES)…
BACKGROUND: After improving the original technique a few years ago, transoral septotomy has become the favored approach of Zenker Diverticulum (ZD) treatment…
There is no consensus on the definition of failure after treatment in patients with esophageal achalasia. Indeed, the Eckardt score (ES) is commonly used to define clinical outcome, but objective metrics based on high-resolution manometry (HRM) or other diagnostic methods are lacking…
Two multimodal strategies are available for the treatment of esophageal cancer: neoadjuvant chemotherapy (nCT) and chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). The higher rate of pathological complete response (pCR) after nCRT is an argument to support this treatment…