Upper GI
Michael O. Meyers, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Postop mortality was low despite a high complication rate, which were less common in pathCR pts. Respiratory and anastomotic complications increased LOS. Increasing number of complications negatively impacted OS even adjusting for treatment and pathCR.
Support: U10CA180821, U10CA180882; https://acknowledgments.alliancefound.org; ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01333033