OBJECTIVES Adipocytokines are hormones regulating energy metabolism and appetite and
according to recent reports also inflammatory responses including ischaemia–reperfusion …

Introduction Surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancers is associated with high morbidity,
mortality and poor quality of life postoperatively. The Finnish National Esophago-Gastric …

Background: Endoscopic ultrasonography is considered to be the most accurate procedure
in the preoperative staging of oesophageal carcinoma. Its accuracy was evaluated in the …

Background The incidence of postoperative complications after gastrectomy for gastric
cancer is not well known. More population-based studies using established complication …

Background Preoperative esophageal stenting is proposed to have a negative effect on
outcomes. The aim was to compare a 5-year survival in patients undergoing esophagectomy …

Background To date, no large population-based studies have compared complications and
short-term outcomes between neoadjuvant chemotherapy and upfront surgery in gastric …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the levels of YKL-40 during and after
coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) and to establish possible connections …

Background No population-based studies comparing long-term survival after transhiatal
esophagectomy (THE) and transthoracic esophagectomy (TTE) exist. This study aimed to …

Objective: The aim of study was to compare overall 5-year survival of esophageal cancer
patients undergoing transthoracic esophagectomy with either neck or intrathoracic …

Esophageal perforation and mediastinal gas gangrene developed in a 55-year-old male
after the endoscopic ethanol injection of a Mallory-Weiss ulcer. Initially, extensive gangrene …