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Minimally invasive and robotic esophagectomy: Evolution and evidence
Author(s) -
Qureshi Yassar A.,
Dawas Khaled I.,
Mughal Muntzer,
Mohammadi Borzoueh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.24398
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , general surgery , surgery , esophageal cancer , cancer
Esophageal cancer has a poor prognosis, with little improvement in outcomes in recent years. Surgery maintains its pivotal role in cure, but this involves two or three compartment dissection with associated high risks. Chiefly, pulmonary complications following surgery are most common, and can be life‐threatening. As a consequence, minimally invasive and robotic esophagectomy have been performed with improving efficacy and equivalent oncological outcomes. This is a review of the pertinent literature regarding these techniques. J. Surg. Oncol. 2016;114:731–735 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.