Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
Nov 26, 2020
To ensure safe implementation of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE), the learning process should be optimized. This study aimed to report the results of a surgeon who implemented RAMIE in a German high-volume center by following ...
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
Nov 26, 2020
Horgan et al. described the first robotic-assisted transhiatal esophagectomy in 2003. Although there is debate regarding the oncologic appropriateness of transhiatal versus thoracic approach to esophagectomy in malignancy, comparative data are still ...
BACKGROUND: Hypopharyngeal and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) are the most common double primary tumors with poor prognosis. Intensive work has been made to illuminate the etiology, but the common carcinogenic mechanism remains unclear. Th...
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
May 15, 2020
Robots are increasingly used in minimally invasive surgery. We evaluated the clinical benefits of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) in comparison with the conventional open esophageal surgery. From 2012 to 2016, 371 patients wit...
The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi
Mar 25, 2020
Artificial intelligence using deep learning has been applied to gastrointestinal disorders for the detection, classification, and delineation of various lesion images. With the accumulation of enormous medical records, the evolution of computation po...
BACKGROUND/AIM: The potential advantages of robot-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy (RATE) have yet to be verified. This study focused on the degree of lymph node dissection around the left recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN).
Journal of computer assisted tomography
Jan 1, 2017
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to diagnose lymph node metastasis of esophageal cancer by support vector machines model based on computed tomography.
Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques
Dec 1, 2016
BACKGROUND: Postoperative delirium (POD) is one of messy complications related with increased mortality and hospital costs. Patients undergoing esophagectomy are more in danger of delirium than other kinds of surgeries. We investigated the impact of ...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Nov 1, 2015
We examined the treatment outcomes and survival rate of patients treated with salvage thoracoscopic esophagectomy after definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). Twenty-seven patients who were indicated for salvage thoracoscopic esophagectomy after dCRT i...