Short-term outcomes of robot-assisted versus thoracoscopic-assisted Mckeown esophagectomy.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Thoracoscopic-assisted and robot-assisted Mckeown esophagectomy are currently two common surgical methods, but there is no clear statement on the advantages and disadvantages of the two.

Authors

  • Yu-Qi Meng
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou University Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
  • Bin Li
    Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
  • Cheng Wang
    Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
  • Peng Jiang
    Department of Joint Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, China.
  • Tie-Niu Song
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou University Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
  • Hai-Ming Feng
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou University Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
  • Jun-Ping Lin
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou University Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.