Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2009 Jun;42(3):396-400.

da Vinci Robot-Assisted Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A Case of Esophago-gastrostomy through the Retrosternal Route : A case report

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  • 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dong-A University Medical Center, College of Medicine, DongA University, Korea. pjchoi@dau.ac.kr

Abstract

Operations using the da Vinci robot have performed in for many surgeries, but the adoption of robotics to general thoracic surgery has been slow. The patient (age 74, male) visited our hospital complaining of hiccups and dysphagia. The CT scan and endoscopic biopsy revealed esophageal cancer (squamous cell carcinoma). We performed transthoracic esophagectomy using a da Vinci robot and this was followed by gastric tube mobilization via laparoscopy. Cervical esophago-gastric anastomosis was done using the hand-sewn method. The gastric tube was brought into the neck through the retrosternal route. The patient was discharged without any complications. We report here on a case of successful da Vinci robotic esophgagectomy.

Keyword

Esophageal cancer; Robotics; Surgery method

MeSH Terms

Adoption
Biopsy
Deglutition Disorders
Esophageal Neoplasms
Esophagectomy
Hiccup
Humans
Laparoscopy
Neck
Robotics
Thoracic Surgery
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