Found 44 clinical trials
Balloon Dilation Methods for Benign Esophageal Stricture
This is the first head to head, prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trial comparing two different approaches of balloon dilation (standard versus progressive dilation) for benign esophageal strictures. A retrospective study on patients with benign esophageal strictures that underwent balloon dilation using the proposed technique found considerable symptomatic improvement in dysphagia. …
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- 31 Oct, 2021
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A Study of Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Planned Surgery or by Surveillance and Surgery Only When Needed for Cancer of the Esophagus
outcomes after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with subsequent esophagectomy to definitive chemoradiotherapy with surveillance and salvage esophagectomy as needed in patients with resectable locally advanced
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- 26 Jan, 2021
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Transfusion Trigger After Operations in High Cardiac Risk Patients
The goal of the proposed study is to determine whether a liberal transfusion strategy (transfusion trigger at Hb < 10 gm/dl) in Veterans at high cardiac risk who undergo major open vascular and general surgery operations is associated with decreased risk of adverse postoperative outcomes compared to a restrictive transfusion …
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- 16 May, 2021
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Pyloroplasty Versus No Pyloroplasty in Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy
This research study is a phase III randomized trial to study the value of the addition of a pyloroplasty procedure versus no pyloroplasty procedure during the performance of esophagectomy
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- 26 Jan, 2021
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Robot-assisted Esophagectomy Versus Conventional Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy
This is the first randomized controlled study to compare the robot-assisted esophagectomy (RAE) to minimally invasive conventional thoracoscopic esophagectomy (CTE). The aim of this trial is to
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- 23 Jan, 2021
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Robotic-assisted Esophagectomy vs. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy(REVATE) Trial
The investigators will assess the adequacy of nodal dissection along the recurrent laryngeal nerve performed with robot-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy in patients
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- 11 Jul, 2021
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Laparoscopic Ischemic Conditioning Prior to Esophagectomy
upon UCS and NASCET calcification scores on pre-op CT-scan. In these patients, laparoscopic ischemic conditioning is performed 12-18 days before an Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy. The primary outcome is all
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- 21 Jan, 2022
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A Comparison Between Ivor-Lewis and McKeown Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Surgery is still the main treatment for esophageal cancer, however, the complication and mortality rate of open esophagectomy is high. As a result, the thoracoscopic- laparoscopic minimally
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- 23 Jan, 2021
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Robot-assisted Thoracic Approach Versus Open Transthoracic Esophagectomy .
This is a randomized controlled trial designed to compare robot-assisted thoracic approach with open transthoracic esophagectomy (Ivor Lewis technique) as a surgical treatment for resectable
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- 28 Jan, 2021
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Chemoradiotherapy Versus Esophagectomy After Endoscopic Resection for Superficial Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
: Patients will receive surgical resection, including Ivor Lewis esophagectomy or McKeown esophagectomy and systematic lymphadenectomy. Arm B: Patients will receive 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and cisplatin
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- 25 Jan, 2021
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