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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Postesophagectomy Diaphragmatic Prolapse after Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE).

Stefanie Brunner, Dolores T Müller, Jennifer A Eckhoff, Valentin Lange, Seung-Hun Chon, Thomas Schmidt, Wolfgang Schröder, Christiane J Bruns, Hans F Fuchs

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Post-esophagectomy hiatal hernias: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stefanie BrunnerDepartment of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantat Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Dolores T MüllerDepartment of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantat Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1833-5664
Jennifer A EckhoffDepartment of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantat Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Valentin LangeFaculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, 50923 Cologne, Germany.
Seung-Hun ChonDepartment of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantat Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8923-6428
Thomas SchmidtDepartment of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantat Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Wolfgang SchröderDepartment of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantat Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8700-069X
Christiane J BrunsDepartment of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantat Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Hans F FuchsDepartment of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplantat Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4764-8050
University Hospital Cologne · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPostesophagectomy diaphragmatic prolapse (PDP) is a major complication after esophagectomy with significant mortality and morbidity. However, in the current literature, treatment and outcomes are not evaluated for patients undergoing an Ivor Lewis Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (IL-RAMIE). The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence of PDP after IL-RAMIE. Moreover, the study aims to determine whether using a minimally invasive approach in the management of PDP after an IL-RAMIE procedure is safe and feasible. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis study includes all patients who received an IL-RAMIE at our high-volume center (>200 esophagectomies/year) between April 2017 and December 2022 and developed PDP. The analysis focuses on time to prolapse, symptoms, treatment, surgical method, and recurrence rates of these patients.

resultsA total of 185 patients underwent an IL-RAMIE at our hospital. Eleven patients (5.9%) developed PDP. Patients presented with PDP after a medium time of 241 days with symptoms like reflux, nausea, vomiting, and pain. One-third of these patients did not suffer from any symptoms. In all cases, a CT scan was performed in which the colon transversum always presented as the herniated organ. In one patient, prolapse of the small intestine, pancreas, and greater omentum also occurred. A total of 91% of these patients received a revisional surgery in a minimally invasive manner with a mean hospital stay of 12 days. In four patients, PDP recurred (36%) after 13, 114, 119 and 237 days, respectively.

conclusionThis study shows that a minimally invasive approach in repositioning PDP is a safe and effective option after IL-RAMIE.

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esophageal canceresophagectomyIL-RAMIEpostesophagectomy diaphragmatic prolapse

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