Thoracic Surgery

Salvage Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE) for T4b Esophageal Cancer After Definitive Chemoradiotherapy.

BACKGROUND: Patients  with esophageal cancer  that invades adjacent structures (cT4b) are precluded from surgery and usually treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). dCRT might result in sufficient downstaging to enable a radical resection, possibly improving survival. This study aimed to assess the perioperative and oncologic outcomes of a salvage robot-assisted minimally invasive esopha...

ASO Author Reflections: Preoperative Selection of cT4b Esophageal Cancer Patients Who Benefit From a Salvage Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE).

Initial introduction of robot-assisted, minimally invasive esophagectomy using the microanatomy-based concept in the upper mediastinum.

BACKGROUND: We have recently standardized upper mediastinal lymph node dissection (UMLND) using a microanatomy-based concept in thoracoscopic esophage...

Worldwide Techniques and Outcomes in Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE): Results From the Multicenter International Registry.

OBJECTIVE: This international multicenter study by the Upper GI International Robotic Association aimed to gain insight in current techniques and outc...

Artificial Intelligence and Its Role in Identifying Esophageal Neoplasia.

Randomized trials have demonstrated that ablation of dysplastic Barrett's esophagus can reduce the risk of progression to cancer. Endoscopic resection...

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

Artificial intelligence in cardiothoracic surgery.

The tremendous and rapid technological advances that humans have achieved in the last decade have definitely impacted how surgical tasks are performed...

Recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during totally robot-assisted Ivor Lewis esophagectomy.

PURPOSE: The robot-assisted approach for Ivor Lewis esophagectomy offers an enlarged, three-dimensional overview of the intraoperative situs. The vaga...

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

BACKGROUND: This is a preclinical cadaveric study to investigate the feasibility of a fully robotic McKeown esophagectomy in simultaneous rendezvous t...

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

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

Commentary: Machine learning in cardiothoracic surgery: From evidence-based to intelligence-based practice.

ASO Author Reflections: Clinical Benefit of Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy over Conventional Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.

Assessment of Quality Outcomes and Learning Curve for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive McKeown Esophagectomy.

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to identify the results of the quality assessment and the learning curve of robot-assisted minimally invasive McKeown eso...

Predicting respiratory failure after pulmonary lobectomy using machine learning techniques.

BACKGROUND: When pulmonary complications occur, postlobectomy patients have a higher mortality rate, increased length of stay, and higher readmission ...

Perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted vs video-assisted and traditional open thoracic surgery for lung cancer: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: The superiority of robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) over video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and thoracotomy remains controversia...

Using machine learning to predict early readmission following esophagectomy.

OBJECTIVE: To establish a machine learning (ML)-based prediction model for readmission within 30 days (early readmission or early readmission) of pati...

Advanced Data Analytics for Clinical Research Part I: What are the Tools?

The concept of Big Data is changing the way that clinical research can be performed. Cardiothoracic surgeons need to understand the dynamic digital tr...

Advanced Data Analytics for Clinical Research Part II: Application to Cardiothoracic Surgery.

In the first part of this series, we introduced the tools of Big Data, including Not Only Standard Query Language data warehouse, natural language pro...

Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy with Intrathoracic Anastomosis (Ivor Lewis): Promising Results in 100 Consecutive Patients (the European Experience).

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) with intrathoracic anastomosis is gaining popularity as a treatment for esophageal...

Comparison of medium-term survival outcomes between robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in treating primary lung cancer.

OBJECTIVES: Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) for primary lung cancer has been spreading rapidly in Japan. While RATS has various technical ...