Why the study?
Esophagectomy is complex oncological surgery associated with a relatively high risk of major morbidity and mortality, requiring diverse approaches to target optimum outcomes.
This review highlights the importance of comprehensive risk assessment and multimodal perioperative care to optimize outcomes in patients undergoing esophagectomy.
Risk assessment and ERAS may reduce esophagectomy morbidity; leaves open optimal implementation across centers.
Esophagectomy is an exemplar of complex oncological surgery and is associated with a relatively high risk of major morbidity and mortality. In the modern era, where specific complications are targeted in prevention and treatment pathways, and where the principles of enhanced recovery after surgery are espoused, optimum outcomes are targeted via a number of approaches. These include comprehensive clinical and physiological risk assessment, specialist perioperative care by a high-volume team, and multimodal inputs throughout the patient journey that aim to preserve or restore nutritional deficits, muscle mass and function.
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