Distribution of Mediastinal Lesions Across Multi-Institutional, International, Radiology Databases.

Introduction: Mediastinal lesions are uncommon; studies on their distribution are, in general, small and from a single institution. Furthermore, these studies are usually based on pathology or surgical databases and, therefore, miss many lesions that did not undergo biopsy or resection. Our aim was to identify the distribution of lesions in the mediastinum in a large international, multi-institutional cohort.

Neoadjuvant Therapy Vs Upfront Surgery for Clinical T2N0 Esophageal Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Background: The optimal approach to clinical T2N0 (cT2N0) esophageal cancer is unclear. Our objective is to perform a systematic review investigating whether neoadjuvant therapy results in better outcomes compared with upfront surgery in cT2N0 esophageal cancer.

Methods: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and nonrandomized studies (1995 to 2017) comparing use of neoadjuvant therapy with upfront surgery in the treatment of cT2N0 esophageal cancer.

Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Surgery Versus Surgery Alone for Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus (NEOCRTEC5010): A Phase III Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label Clinical Trial.

Purpose The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) plus surgery for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains controversial. In this trial, we compared the survival and safety of NCRT plus surgery with surgery alone in patients with locally advanced ESCC. Patients and Methods From June 2007 to December 2014, 451 patients with potentially resectable thoracic ESCC, clinically staged as T1-4N1M0/T4N0M0, were randomly allocated to NCRT plus surgery (group CRT; n = 224) and surgery alone (group S; n = 227).

The Use of Standardized Measures to Predict and Assess Quality of Life after Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair.

The literature regarding laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair is difficult to interpret because of inconsistencies in describing hernia characteristics and outcome measures. This study was performed to evaluate risk factors for an unsatisfactory outcome after repair using objective definitions of hernia size and a clinically relevant outcome instrument. A retrospective review of a prospectively maintained database was conducted over a seven-year period.