A Meta-analysis on the Efficacy of Preoperative Biliary Drai... : Annals of Surgery A Meta-analysis
on the Efficacy of Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Tumors Causing Obstructive Jaundice …

There is much controversy about the surgical approach to esophageal carcinoma: should
an extensive resection be done to optimize long-term survival or should the extent of the …

Objectives: To evaluate the best available evidence on volume-outcome effect of pancreatic
surgery by a systematic review of the existing data and to determine the impact of the …

For patients with gastric cancer deemed curable the only treatment option is surgery, but there
is disagreement about whether accompanying lymph-node dissection should be limited to …

Purpose The extent of lymph node dissection appropriate for gastric cancer is still under
debate. We have conducted a randomized trial to compare the results of a limited (D1) and …

Background Curative resection is the treatment of choice for gastric cancer, but it is unclear
whether this operation should include an extended (D2) lymph-node dissection, as …

Background Controversy exists about the best surgical treatment for esophageal carcinoma.
Methods We randomly assigned 220 patients with adenocarcinoma of the mid-to-distal …

Objective: To determine whether extended transthoracic esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma
of the mid/distal esophagus improves long-term survival. Background: A randomized trial …

From January 1990 to June 1994, 53 patients who sustained bile duct injuries during
laparoscopic cholecystectomy were treated at the Amsterdam Academic Medical Centre. There …

Background—The efficacy of endoscopic biopsy surveillance of Barrett’s oesophagus in
reducing mortality from oesophageal cancer has not been confirmed. Aims—To investigate the …