Multicentre randomized clinical trial on robot-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic oesophagectomy (REVATE trial).
Yin Kai ChaoZhigang LiHongjing JiangYu-Wen WenChen-Hung ChiuBin LiXiaobin ShangTuan-Jen FangYang YangJie YueXiaobin ZhangChen ZhangYun-Hen LiuPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2024)
In patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, RAO leads to more successful left recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph node dissection than VAO, including a lower rate of short- and long-term recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. Registration number: NCT03713749 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov).