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ASO Author Reflections: Postoperative Complications are not Associated with Decreased Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Following Esophagectomy for Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

Authors: Egle Jezerskyte, MD, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, MD, PhD, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, MD, PhD, Suzanne S. Gisbertz, MD, PhD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 12/2021

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Esophagectomy has major effects on health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and postoperative complications might contribute to decreased HRQoL. Overall, an impaired short- and long-term HRQoL is reported by patients with postoperative complications compared with patients without postoperative complications following an esophagectomy.1‐4 However, previous studies either did not include a baseline measurement or information on (neo)adjuvant treatment, were performed before the implementation of minimally invasive surgery, or the study was conducted in a single center with a limited number of patients. In the present study,5 we dealt with these objections. …

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Jezerskyte E, van Berge Henegouwen MI, van Laarhoven HWM, van Kleef JJ, Eshuis WJ, Heisterkamp J, Hartgrink HH, Rosman C, van Hillegersberg R, Hulshof MCCM, Sprangers MAG, Gisbertz SS; Dutch UpperGI Cancer Group. Postoperative Complications and Long-Term Quality of Life After Multimodality Treatment for Esophageal Cancer: An Analysis of the Prospective Observational Cohort Study of Esophageal-Gastric Cancer Patients (POCOP). Ann Surg Oncol. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10144-5.

Title: ASO Author Reflections: Postoperative Complications are not Associated with Decreased Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Following Esophagectomy for Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
Authors: Egle Jezerskyte, MD
Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, MD, PhD
Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, MD, PhD
Suzanne S. Gisbertz, MD, PhD
Publication date: 01-11-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Esophagus Resection
Esophagus Resection
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 12/2021
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10234-4

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ASO Author Reflections: Postoperative Complications are not Associated with Decreased Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Following Esophagectomy for Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

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