Transcervical (SP) and Transhiatal DaVinci Robotic Esophagectomy: A Cadaveric Study.

Pieter van der SluisJan-Hendrik EgbertsHubert SteinRubens SallumRichard van HillegersbergPeter Philipp Grimminger

Published in: The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (2020)

This preclinical study demonstrated that a fully robotic McKeown esophagectomy in simultaneous rendezvous technique using the DaVinci X for transhiatal dissection and the DaVinci SP for transcervical dissection was feasible with adequate lymphadenectomy in a cadaver model. Future research will elucidate the indications for the use of the fully robotic transhiatal and transcervical esophagectomy.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
minimally invasive
early stage
current status
cell therapy
mesenchymal stem cells
rectal cancer