Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy is equivalent to thoracoscopic minimally invasive esophagectomy

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 403-409

  Weksler, B ^a,b   Sharma, P ^b   Moudgill, N ^b   Chojnacki, K A ^b   Rosato, E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Minimally invasive esophagectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Robotic surgery; Thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JEJUNOSTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PHLEBITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYLOROPLASTY; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOT ASSISTED MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SEX RATIO; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPIC ROBOT ASSISTED MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863431498     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2011.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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