This video highlights a unique combination of endoscopic and laparoscopic skills in the minimally invasive resection of a gastric tumor.
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Esophagus
February 14, 2019
Yang and colleagues investigated the use of intestinal flaps for the reconstruction of the cervical esophagus. They reviewed 22 patients with intestinal segments used to salvage failed primary esophagus reconstruction. There was one case of flap failure.
January 23, 2019
Stiles and colleagues evaluated outcomes for patients with esophageal cancer undergoing surgical resection after either neoadjuvant chemoradiation or preoperative chemotherapy without radiation.
January 18, 2019
Mariette and colleagues randomly assigned 207 patients with resectable esophageal cancer to undergo either transthoracic open esophagectomy or hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomy.
December 19, 2018
The authors present a surgical video of a right VATS esophageal diverticulectomy and myotomy, along with advice for carrying out this procedure.
November 16, 2018
Patient Care and General Interest
An accident during a sword swallowing trick was bad news for the performer’s esophagus.
November 12, 2018
This video demonstrates the expected anatomical findings at reoperation after transoral incisionless fundoplication.
October 26, 2018
Patient Care and General Interest
Earl Bakken, Medtronic co-founder and inventor of the pacemaker, has died at age 94.
October 25, 2018
Filmed at the 2018 STS Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Lisa Brown of UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, USA, moderates a discussion on the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
October 1, 2018
Shanda Blackmon discusses the various types of paraesophageal hernias and the ways in which patients present, proposes a management algorithm, and demonstrates how she performs repairs.