@article {BOOKA4455, author = {EISUKE BOOKA and HIROTOSHI KIKUCHI and RYOMA HANEDA and WATARU SONEDA and SANSHIRO KAWATA and TOMOHIRO MURAKAMI and TOMOHIRO MATSUMOTO and YOSHIHIRO HIRAMATSU and HIROYA TAKEUCHI}, title = {Short-term Outcomes of Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Compared With Thoracoscopic or Transthoracic Esophagectomy}, volume = {41}, number = {9}, pages = {4455--4462}, year = {2021}, doi = {10.21873/anticanres.15254}, publisher = {International Institute of Anticancer Research}, abstract = {Background/Aim: There is no study comparing open esophagectomy (OE), video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), and robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) in a single institution. Patients and Methods: This study included 272 patients who underwent subtotal esophagectomy divided into three groups: OE (n=110), VATS (n=127), and RAMIE (n=35) groups. Moreover, short-term outcomes were compared. Results: Overall complications (CD>=II) were significantly less in the RAMIE than the OE and VATS groups. Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis (CD>=II) was significantly lower in the RAMIE than the OE group (p=0.026) and tended to be lower than that in the VATS group (p=0.059). The RAMIE group had significantly less atelectasis (CD>=I and II), pleural effusion (CD>=I and II), arrhythmia (CD>=II), and dysphagia (CD>=II), than both the OE and VATS groups. Conclusion: RAMIE reduced overall postoperative complications after esophagectomy compared with both OE and VATS.}, issn = {0250-7005}, URL = {https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/41/9/4455}, eprint = {https://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/41/9/4455.full.pdf}, journal = {Anticancer Research} }