ArticleSurgical endoscopy2024
Robot-assisted transcervical esophagectomy with a bilateral cervical approach for thoracic esophagectomy.
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- Right-first bilateral transcervical and transhiatal single-port robotic esophagectomy using the da Vinci SP system.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2026Article
- Right-first bilateral transcervical single-port robotic esophagectomy: a cadaveric feasibility study toward a safer extrapleural strategy.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- How I do it: The Hi-UP approach-single-port da Vinci SP-assisted mediastinoscopic subtotal esophagectomy with a transhiatal-dominant strategy in the abdominal and cervical phases.Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society · 2026Article
- First series of da Vinci single-port robotic-assisted cervical oesophagectomy: single-centre IDEAL stage 2a/2b study.BJS open · 2026Article
- Position and outcomes of Minimally Invasive transCervical Esophagectomy (MICE) in treatment of esophageal cancer.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Comparison of Short-Term Outcomes Between Robot-Assisted and Conventional Mediastinoscopic Esophagectomies: A Retrospective Study Using Propensity Score Matching.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Review
- The amount of mediastinal lymph nodes dissected in robot-assisted cervical esophagectomy-an experimental cadaver study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Advances in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy-An Overview of Recent Developments and a Novel Classification of Innovations in Treatment of Thoracic Esophageal Cancer.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Single-port robot-assisted cervical esophagectomy (SP RACE): Combining precision mediastinal lymphadenectomy and complete extrapulmonary dissection.JTCVS techniques · 2025Article
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- Robot-Assisted Transcervical Esophagectomy for Thoracic Esophageal Carcinoma.Journal of chest surgery · 2025Article
- Short-term outcomes of robot-assisted transcervical esophagectomy for thoracic esophageal carcinoma.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Development in Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: The Current Standing Point of Robotic Surgery.Cancers · 2025Review
- Robot-assisted cervical esophagectomy with simultaneous transhiatal abdominal procedure for thoracic esophageal carcinoma.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThoracic esophageal cancer resection through the neck approach has recently been reported as mediastinoscopic surgery. We present the first report of a new minimally invasive technique for thoracic esophageal cancer: robot-assisted transcervical esophagectomy with a bilateral cervical approach.
methodsTen cases of robot-assisted bilateral transcervical esophagectomy performed at the National Cancer Center Hospital East, Japan, from February 2023 to August 2023 were reviewed. The short-term surgical outcomes were presented, and the feasibility and efficacy of this procedure were discussed.
resultsThe mean operation time for the cervical procedure was 184.2 ± 23.6 min. The total time for the whole procedure was 472.7 ± 28.4 min, and total intraoperative blood loss was 162.2 ± 40.0 ml. Among the 10 cases, one patient developed recurrent nerve paralysis, one patient developed pulmonary complications, and no patients developed postoperative pneumonia. The median postoperative hospital stay was 22 (range: 12-43) days. No patients developed severe postoperative surgical complications, which were graded as Clavien-Dindo ≥ III. The total number of surgically harvested mediastinal lymph nodes was 37.2 ± 11.2.
conclusionsRobot-assisted bilateral transcervical esophagectomy, a novel procedure for thoracic esophageal cancer, was safe and feasible. Using this procedure, the incidence of recurrent nerve palsy, which is a problem with transcervical esophagectomy and mediastinoscopic esophagectomy, is expected to decrease.
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