{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,23]],"date-time":"2026-02-23T18:17:07Z","timestamp":1771870627798,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":22,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,1]],"date-time":"2026-02-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1769904000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,1]],"date-time":"2026-02-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1769904000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,14]],"date-time":"2025-11-14T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1763078400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["jtcvsopen.org","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["JTCVS Open"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,2]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,20]],"date-time":"2025-11-20T17:20:29Z","timestamp":1763659229000},"page":"101522","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"special_numbering":"C","title":["Variations in morbidity and mortality based on esophagectomy approach and leak status: Insights from a statewide quality collaborative"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Jenny","family":"Bui","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Donald","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katelyn R.","family":"Ward","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mary","family":"Hollenbeck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andrew M.","family":"Popoff","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thomas J.","family":"Watson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kiran","family":"Lagisetty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shelly","family":"Lall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kumari","family":"Adams","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Geoffrey","family":"Lam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4337-5051","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rishindra M.","family":"Reddy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1090","DOI":"10.1016\/S1470-2045(15)00040-6","article-title":"Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy plus surgery versus surgery alone for oesophageal or junctional cancer (CROSS): long-term results of a randomised controlled trial","volume":"16","author":"Shapiro","year":"2015","journal-title":"Lancet Oncol"},{"issue":"10184","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1948","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(18)32557-1","volume":"393","author":"Al-Batran","year":"2019","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"issue":"22","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2074","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa1112088","article-title":"Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for esophageal or junctional cancer","volume":"366","author":"Van Hagen","year":"2012","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1249","DOI":"10.1016\/j.suc.2012.08.001","article-title":"Traditional techniques of esophagectomy","volume":"92","author":"Stiles","year":"2012","journal-title":"Surg Clin North Am"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib5","article-title":"Anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: definitions, diagnostics, and treatment","volume":"34","author":"Fabbi","year":"2021","journal-title":"Dis Esophagus"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"29","DOI":"10.1159\/000322014","article-title":"Cervical or thoracic anastomosis after esophagectomy for cancer: a systematic review and meta-Analysis","volume":"28","author":"Biere","year":"2011","journal-title":"Dig Surg"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"291","DOI":"10.1097\/SLA.0000000000002611","article-title":"Benchmarking complications associated with esophagectomy","volume":"269","author":"Low","year":"2019","journal-title":"Ann Surg"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"872","DOI":"10.1186\/s12885-024-12625-8","article-title":"Risk factors for esophageal anastomotic stricture after esophagectomy: a meta-analysis","volume":"24","author":"Zhong","year":"2024","journal-title":"BMC Cancer"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"255","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2020.08.022","article-title":"Risk factors and consequences of anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy for cancer","volume":"112","author":"Hagens","year":"2021","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1919","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2013.07.119","article-title":"Predictors of anastomotic leak after esophagectomy: an analysis of the society of thoracic surgeons general thoracic database","volume":"96","author":"Kassis","year":"2013","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"258","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejso.2016.06.394","article-title":"Recent improvements in the management of esophageal anastomotic leak after surgery for cancer","volume":"43","author":"Messager","year":"2017","journal-title":"Eur J Surg Oncol"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib12","first-page":"258","article-title":"Thoracotomy procedures effect cytokine levels after thoracoabdominal esophagectomy","volume":"27","author":"Frick","year":"2012","journal-title":"Oncol Rep"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"424","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2007.10.007","article-title":"Outcomes after transhiatal and transthoracic esophagectomy for cancer","volume":"85","author":"Chang","year":"2008","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"issue":"21","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1662","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa022343","article-title":"Extended transthoracic resection compared with limited transhiatal resection for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus","volume":"347","author":"Hulscher","year":"2002","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"issue":"5","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1093\/dote\/doab023","article-title":"Commentary: endoscopic vacuum therapy for anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy and total gastrectomy: obstacles to finding true evidence","volume":"34","author":"Ubels","year":"2021","journal-title":"Dis Esophagus"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"920","DOI":"10.1001\/archsurg.135.8.920","article-title":"Comparison of minimally invasive esophagectomy with transthoracic and transhiatal esophagectomy","volume":"135","author":"Nguyen","year":"2000","journal-title":"Arch Surg"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"805","DOI":"10.1016\/j.athoracsur.2024.09.004","article-title":"Long-term survival in esophageal cancer: comparison of minimally invasive and open esophagectomy","volume":"119","author":"Igaue","year":"2025","journal-title":"Ann Thorac Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"26","DOI":"10.1016\/j.sopen.2022.11.002","article-title":"Consequences of anastomotic leaks after minimally invasive esophagectomy: a single-center experience","volume":"11","author":"Simitian","year":"2023","journal-title":"Surg Open Sci"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"32","DOI":"10.1093\/icvts\/ivv276","article-title":"Risk factors and consequences of anastomotic leakage after Ivor Lewis oesophagectomy","volume":"22","author":"Van Daele","year":"2016","journal-title":"Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"95","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs.8973","article-title":"Impact of postoperative morbidity on long-term survival after oesophagectomy","volume":"100","author":"Hii","year":"2013","journal-title":"J Br Surg"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"191","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2016.02.020","article-title":"Anastomotic leak predicts diminished long-term survival after resection for gastric and esophageal cancer","volume":"160","author":"Andreou","year":"2016","journal-title":"Surgery"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010_bib22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"972","DOI":"10.1097\/SLA.0000000000001011","article-title":"The impact of severe anastomotic leak on long-term survival and cancer recurrence after surgical resection for esophageal malignancy","volume":"262","author":"Markar","year":"2015","journal-title":"Ann Surg"}],"container-title":["JTCVS Open"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S2666273625004152?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S2666273625004152?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,23]],"date-time":"2026-02-23T17:29:23Z","timestamp":1771867763000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2666273625004152"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,2]]},"references-count":22,"alternative-id":["S2666273625004152"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010","relation":{},"ISSN":["2666-2736"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2666-2736","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,2]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Variations in morbidity and mortality based on esophagectomy approach and leak status: Insights from a statewide quality collaborative","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"JTCVS Open","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.xjon.2025.11.010","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}],"article-number":"101522"}}