Director @UpperGIPadova, Padova University Hospital - Ass Professor of Surgery @UniPadova. Husband, Shih Tzu lover, photographer, Apple fanboy.

Joined July 2009
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
Standard esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation may provide greater long-term survival and quality-of-life benefits than active surveillance for most patients with esophageal cancer. ja.ma/4sPlBNb
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
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Delving into the“Organ Preservation for Gastroesophageal Junction & Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Ready for Primetime?” w co-chairs Drs. Daniel Tandel Chang & Ugwuji Maduekwe @ #GI26. Case-based discussions w/ opposing views. 🔥 #esocsm brnw.ch/21wYVT0 @Daniela_Molena @IkomaMD
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
Patients who received robot-assisted surgery vs conventional laparoscopic surgery had a higher incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications and received longer and more intense mechanical ventilation. ja.ma/3JZ0p62
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The Rise and Fall of Oil carswithcords.net/2025/11/th…
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
Robotic hiatal hernia repair offered no short-term morbidity or mortality advantage over laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair but incurred longer operative times and a higher pulmonary embolism risk in older adults. ja.ma/4qEFHc8
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
October Issue: Thoracic Duct Resection in Robotic #Esophagectomy : Precision Without Clear Benefit @sgworrell rdcu.be/eJT7S @AndrewFlemingMD @SyedAAhmad5

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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
🏥 Inaugurato il Nuovo Ospedale Pediatrico del Veneto “Salus Pueri”. Una struttura moderna, ispirata alla natura, che unisce cura, ricerca e formazione unipd.link/inaugurazione-nuo…
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
SANO trial: innovations, risks, and unanswered questions - felt very strongly along with several UGI colleagues we must highlight the important limitations of the SANO trial and thus counsel our patients appropriately regarding these results! ⁦ thelancet.com/journals/lanon…
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
7 May 2025
Great discussion at the SSAT–Women in Thoracic Surgery Joint Symposium on controversies in esophageal and GEJ malignancies. A thoughtful, multidisciplinary exchange on some of the most challenging questions in foregut oncology. #DDW2025 #SSAT2025 @WomenInThoracic @SSATNews @sgworrell @docstephwood @Daniela_Molena @mvalma
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
Real-world application of endoscopic resection for early-stage esophageal cancer: do we need to rethink the guidelines? journals.lww.com/annalsofsur…

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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
22 Jan 2025
ESOPEC, a large randomized trial involving patients with resectable esophageal cancer, showed that perioperative chemotherapy improved overall survival as compared with preoperative chemoradiotherapy. Full trial results: nej.md/4apWlo5 Editorial: Multimodal Treatment in Locally Advanced Esophageal Adenocarcinoma — Two Interventions Better Than Three? nej.md/40rpHhl
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
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Steve showed us that the future isn’t something you wait for—it’s something you build. His memory lives on in the hearts of innovators and dreamers everywhere—at Apple and beyond.
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
I am pleased to inform you that the primary result of JCOG1109 was published in the Lancet today. The neoadjuvant triplet chemotherapy would be the standard care for the locally advanced ESCC. Many thanks to everyone involved. thelancet.com/action/showPdf…

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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
Great work by ⁦@JamieTankel⁩ demonstrating that non-regional retroperitoneal nodes in gastro-esophageal adeno can be treated successfully with curative intent surgery in select cases. ⁦@JournalofGISurg⁩ ⁦@SSATNewssciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
Abbiamo inaugurato l'802° a.a. #Unipd con la rettrice Mapelli, il ministro Carlo Nordio @minGiustizia, il direttore generale @ascuttari , la presidente del consiglio degli studenti Emma Ruzzon e la prolusione di Simone Montangero @DFAUnipd > unipd.link/inaugurazione-802…
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Michele Valmasoni MD PhD FACS retweeted
A pragmatic approach improves the clinical management of stage IV gastric cancer: Comparison between the Meta-Gastro results and the GIRCG's retrospective series @ESSOnews @EYSAC1 @RovielloFranco @AndreasBrandl8 @me4_so #GastricCancer #SurgOnc #GIRCG bit.ly/3vwc3xq
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