Annals of surgery
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To evaluate the long-term mortality of Korean live liver donors using data from a national donor registry by comparing it with the mortality of the general population. ⋯ Liver donors have increased long-term mortality risk compared to similar healthy controls without contraindications to be organ donors. Therefore, long-term follow-up, including psychosocial support, is needed for live liver donors.
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We compared the surgical outcomes of minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) and open esophagectomy (OE) for esophageal cancer. ⋯ MIE had favorable outcomes in terms of in-hospital mortality, morbidities, and the postoperative hospital stay.
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To explore the true short esophagus (TSE) frequency and long-term results of patients undergoing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or hiatus hernia (HH) surgery. ⋯ TSE was present in 31.8% of patients routinely submitted to GERD/HH surgery. In the presence of TSE, CN and SASF performed according to determined surgical principles may achieve similar satisfactory results. This finding warrants confirmation with a prospective multicenter study.