Better long-term survival after MIE vs open esophagectomy

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

On January 20, 2021 we celebrated the milestone of the first analytical study in FINEGO, published in Annals of Surgery. In the bi-national population-based study we confirmed the findings of a previous meta-analysis that minimally invasive esophagectomy is associated with 18% better 5-year survival compared to open esophagectomy. This would not have been possible without the hard work of the whole team and the Swedish collaborators

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