TY - JOUR
T1 - Robot-assisted cervical esophagectomy
T2 - First clinical experiences and review of the literature
AU - Chiu, Philip Wai Yan
AU - de Groot, Eline Marieke
AU - Yip, Hon Chi
AU - Egberts, Jan Hendrik
AU - Grimminger, Peter
AU - Seto, Yasuyuki
AU - Uyama, Ichiro
AU - van der Sluis, Pieter Christiaan
AU - Stein, Hubert
AU - Sallum, Rubens
AU - Ruurda, Jelle P.
AU - van Hillegersberg, Richard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Pulmonary complications, and especially pneumonia, remain one of the most common complications after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. These complications are reduced by minimally invasive techniques or by avoiding thoracic access through a transhiatal approach. However, a transhiatal approach does not allow for a full mediastinal lymphadenectomy. A transcervical mediastinal esophagectomy avoids thoracic access, which may contribute to a decrease in pulmonary complications after esophagectomy. In addition, this technique allows for a full mediastinal lymphadenectomy. A number of pioneering studies have been published on this topic. Here, the initial experience is presented as well as a review of the current literature concerning transcervical esophagectomy, with a focus on the robot-assisted cervical esophagectomy procedure.
AB - Pulmonary complications, and especially pneumonia, remain one of the most common complications after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. These complications are reduced by minimally invasive techniques or by avoiding thoracic access through a transhiatal approach. However, a transhiatal approach does not allow for a full mediastinal lymphadenectomy. A transcervical mediastinal esophagectomy avoids thoracic access, which may contribute to a decrease in pulmonary complications after esophagectomy. In addition, this technique allows for a full mediastinal lymphadenectomy. A number of pioneering studies have been published on this topic. Here, the initial experience is presented as well as a review of the current literature concerning transcervical esophagectomy, with a focus on the robot-assisted cervical esophagectomy procedure.
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U2 - 10.1093/dote/doaa052
DO - 10.1093/dote/doaa052
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33241301
AN - SCOPUS:85096816113
SN - 1120-8694
VL - 33
JO - Diseases of the Esophagus
JF - Diseases of the Esophagus
ER -
