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Diseases of the esophagus and stomach, both benign and malignant, produce a wide range of symptoms, affecting how patients experience life and how well they function in their environments. In the past times, patient survival, side effects, and mortality were the main measures of success when weighing the effectiveness of a treatment. However, practitioners are becoming increasingly more focused on patient’s perception of well-being. After all, if the patient’s quality of life has not improved or, in some scenarios, significantly decreased, then the physician must re-evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment? The purpose of this article is to identify and assess the various patient-centered outcomes instruments available for diseases affecting the esophagus and stomach that can be treated with surgery. The focus of this review is to provide researchers and readers of the literature the generic and disease-specific outcome instruments to assist in selecting the appropriate instruments for research and assess their use in the literature. Types of Patient-Centered Outcome Instrument Used to Assess Esophageal and Gastric Surgery