Lower Incidence of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications Following Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: Propensity Score-Matched Comparison to Conventional Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.

Journal: Annals of surgical oncology
Published Date: Sep 5, 2020

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Whether robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIE) is more beneficial than conventional minimally invasive surgery (MIE) remains unclear.

Authors

  • Shigeru Tsunoda
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. tsunoda@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
  • Kazutaka Obama
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Shigeo Hisamori
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Tatsuto Nishigori
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Ryosuke Okamura
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Hisatsugu Maekawa
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Yoshiharu Sakai
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

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