The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has launched a new mobile app that offers surgeons and multidisciplinary medical ...

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate whether malnutrition, as defined by these three methods, can be used to predict complications in esophageal cancer (EC) patients after esophagectomy. Methods: We ...

Dr. C. Palanivelu to receive JATS Foreign Honorary Membership and Lifetime Achievement Award for pioneering laparoscopic ...

The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery has honoured Dr Palanivelu, Chairman of GEM Hospitals Coimbatore during its 78th Annual Scientific Meeting (JATS2025), held in Osaka last year. According ...

The surgical treatment of esophageal cancer has evolved a lot in recent years. Forty years ago, the esophagectomy with lymphadenectomy technique in three dissection fields (cervical, thoracic and ...

12 Department of General Surgery, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK 13 Department of Upper GI Surgery, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK 14 Department of Oesophago-Gastric Surgery, Salford ...

AIMS: To evaluate patients undergoing minimally invasive esophagectomy by thoracoscopy in prone position for the treatment of esophageal cancer and to recognize the experience acquired over time in ...