Background Esophageal carcinoma can be managed primarily with either a surgical or
radiotherapeutic (non surgical) approach. Strategies to improve the outcome of either …

Introduction: Thymoma is a rare tumor for which there is little randomized evidence to guide
treatment. Because of the lack of high-quality evidence, a formal consensus-based …

Background Most liver transplant recipients receive either cyclosporin or tacrolimus to
prevent rejection. Both drugs inhibit calcineurin phosphatase which is thought to be the …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether mediastinal lymph node dissection improves survival
compared with mediastinal lymph node sampling in patients undergoing resection for N0 or …

Methods MEDLINE and Cochrane Library databases were searched for articles in English
published from 1966 to 1998 using the keywords “suture,”“abdomen/surgery,” and …

OBJECTIVE: Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy remains controversial. We compared
outcomes from participants in a randomized study comparing lymph node sampling versus …

Background Carcinoma of the esophagus is an aggressive malignancy with an increasing
incidence. Its virulence, in terms of symptoms and mortality, justifies a continued search for …

Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to compare the long-term results of
stapled hemorrhoidopexy with conventional excisional hemorrhoidectomy in patients with …

The literature describing multimodal treatment of thymomas consists almost exclusively of
retrospective case series. We have used a systematic review to investigate the role of …

Background Surgery has been the treatment of choice for localized esophageal cancer. A
number of studies have investigated whether preoperative chemotherapy followed by …