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Survival impact of surgical site infection in esophageal cancer surgery: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Akihisa MatsudaHiroshi MaruyamaShinji AkagiToru InoueKenichiro UemuraMinako KobayashiHisanori ShiomiManabu WatanabeTakeo FujitaRisa TakahataShigeru TakedaYasuo FukuiYuji ToiyamaNobutoshi HagiwaraAkio KaitoTakeshi MatsutaniTomohiko YasudaHiroshi YoshidaHironori TsujimotoYuko Kitagawa
Published in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2023)
Our study demonstrated that SSI, rather than pneumonia, after esophagectomy was associated with impaired oncological outcomes. Further progress in the development of strategies for SSI prevention may improve the quality of care and oncological outcomes in patients undergoing curative esophagectomy.
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