Oesophagectomy in the East versus the West: comparison of two national audit databases ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf035 The incidence of postoperative complications after oesophagectomy was nearly comparable between the Japanese and Dutch cohorts Some remarkable differences were observed between cohorts regarding baseline characteristics, such as age, BMI, and histology, as well as the approach used for an intrathoracic anastomosis These differences have to be taken into account when interpreting clinical studies from either Eastern or Western countries Work by Satoru Matsuda , Pieter van der Sluis , Hiraku Kumamaru , Feike Kingma , Hirofumi Kawakubo , Jelle Ruurda , Masayuki Watanabe , Hiroaki Miyata , Sjoerd Lagarde , Hiroya Takeuchi , Richard van Hillegersberg , Ken Shirabe , Bas P L Wijnhoven , Yuko Kitagawa #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery @RCPSGTrainees @aecirujanos @SEIQuirurgica @iss_sic #MedicalTechniques @BJSAcademy @young_bjs @BJSOpen @des_winter @evanscolorectal @robhinchliffe1 @bplwijn @MalinASund @nfmkok @TejedorPat @paulo_sutt @PVaughanShaw @JJEarnshaw @juliomayol @ksoreide #BreastCancerAwareness #BreastSurgery #breastcancer