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P1.136. Toward Vagal-Sparing Esophagectomy: Defining Surgically Reproducible Zones of Pulmonary Autonomic Preservation

Abstract Topic Esophageal Cancer: Other Background Pulmonary complications remain a major cause of morbidity after transthoracic esophagectomy. Injury to pulmonary vagal branches during mediastinal lymphadenectomy may contribute to postoperative respiratory dysfunction. Precise s...

P1.133. Strengthening the Host Before Surgery: Role of Immunonutrition in Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer

Abstract Topic Esophageal Cancer: Other Background Esophageal cancer commonly presents with dysphagia and malnutrition. Esophagectomy following neoadjuvant chemoradiation is the standard treatment for locally advanced disease but is associated with significant postoperative morbi...