The Changing Definitions of Esophageal Disorders Presentation was held on May 13, 2021. This one-hour presentation was moderated by Ronnie Fass, Metro Health Medical Center, USA, and is now available in two segments on the our YouTube Chanel.

We are excited to reveal the topics of the scientific program for the 17th ISDE World Congress for Esophageal Diseases!

We will be delivering 3 streams of concurrent content for up to 4 hours across each of 4 congress days. Our live stream will be scheduled to commence at different times each day. We are confident that all disciplines will find something of interest at a convenient time for at least some of the days. And if you miss any sessions, you will be able to watch them on-demand after the congress too!

View the program at a glance here and don't forget to register before the early bird deadline on June 30, 2021.

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Join us to hear from an international panel of speakers covering Prehabilitation and ERAS, Recommendations from the ERAS Society, Early feeding post esophagectomy, and multimodal analgesia for esophagectomy, and more.

Stay tuned for registration details!

The 9th ISDE World Congress was held in Madrid, Spain, in May 2004. It was presided over by Prof. Enrique Moreno-Gonzalez, and the ISDE President was Prof. Toni Lerut. The venue was the Doce de Octubre University Hospital. Thirty-four countries were represented among a total of 756 registrants, and 480 papers or posters were presented.  Read the full ninth and tenth congress spotlight.

The detection of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SESCC) has substantially improved with the routine use of narrow band imaging and chromoendoscopy with iodine staining.1,2 When esophageal squamous cell carcinomas are confined to the mucosal epithelium or the lamina propria (cT1a-EP or LPM), SESCC is only rarely associated with lymph node metastasis. Therefore, curative resection can be achieved via endoscopy without the need for additional treatments. Read the full Optimal selection of endoscopic resection article for free.

Treatment of esophageal cancer is based on a multidisciplinary strategy, in which surgery remains the cornerstone for treatment with curative intent. After esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, continuity can be restored by connecting the proximal esophagus to a gastric conduit. For the construction and pull-up of the gastric conduit for anastomosis, ligation of some of its supplying vessels is necessary. Read the full Quantitative fluorescence-guided perfusion assessment article for free.

Visit the ISDE Literature Updates Online for more.