1. A brief history of Esophageal Surgery, 2. Embryology, Anatomy and Physiology of Esophagus, 3. Epidemiology of esophageal cancer, 4. Classification of esophageal cancer, 5. Signs and symptoms of esophageal cancer, 6. Diagnosis of esophageal cancer, 7. Operative techniques and lymphatic curage, 8. Results of esophageal surgery, 9. Complications, 10. Discussion and conclusions
Biography
Henri Kolani is Associate Professor of Surgery and Consultant General Surgeon at the Mother Theresa University Hospital Center in Tirana, Albania. The hospital has a capacity of 1,612 beds and employs more than 2,500 people. Dr. Kolani has the wide-ranging surgical experience of a General Surgeon, but has specialised in surgical oncology, and in particular pancreato-hepatobiliary and esogastric surgery, performing classical-style major oncological surgeries.
SORIN PAUN, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
"Esophageal surgery is a special domain of medicine – accuracy, precision, experience and talent are mandatory as requests for performance of such a surgery and Professor Kolani and his team proved such skills."
