Publications by authors named "M P Gaspersz"
Background: The patients with unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma require biliary drainage to relieve symptoms and allow for palliative systemic chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to establish the success, complication, and mortality rates of the initial biliary drainage in patients with unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma at presentation.
Methods: In this retrospective multicenter study, patients with unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma who underwent initial endoscopic or percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage between 2002 and 2014 were included.
Objective: This study investigated the patterns, predictors, and survival of recurrent disease following esophageal cancer surgery.
Background: Survival of recurrent esophageal cancer is usually poor, with limited prospects of remission.
Methods: This nationwide cohort study included patients with distal esophageal and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma after curatively intended esophagectomy in 2007 to 2016 (follow-up until January 2020).
Article Synopsis
- This study analyzed trends in the treatment and outcomes for patients with distal esophageal and gastro-esophageal junction cancers in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2016.
- It found that the use of transthoracic esophagectomy, neo-adjuvant treatments, and minimally invasive surgery significantly increased during this period.
- Postoperative results improved, with lower complication rates, higher success in tumor removal, better lymph node retrieval, and longer survival times for patients.
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease in the number of patients presenting with acute appendicitis was observed. It is unclear whether this caused a shift towards more complicated cases of acute appendicitis. We compared a cohort of patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic with a 2019 control cohort.
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