Raphael Silva

BACKGROUND: The surgical approach for Esophagogastric Junction Cancers (EJC), Siewert II, has been controversial in terms of margin control, reconstruction, and lymphadenectomy extension. Furthermore, both AJCC and UICC also recognize the biological heterogeneity of EJC coexisting in the same TNM…

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…