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Review
. 2019 Apr;11(Suppl 5):S735-S742.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.104.

Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) improves perioperative outcomes: a review

B Feike Kingma  1 , Michiel F G de Maat  1 , Sylvia van der Horst  1 , Pieter C van der Sluis  1 , Jelle P Ruurda  1 , Richard van Hillegersberg  1
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Review

Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) improves perioperative outcomes: a review

B Feike Kingma et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Apr.

Abstract

Robotic assisted minimal invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) is increasingly applied as a clinically and oncologically safe technique in the surgical treatment of esophageal cancer. This review focuses on the advantages and potential opportunities of RAMIE to improve the perioperative and oncological outcomes based on the evidence from current literature. In addition, critical notes on aspects such as procedure duration and costs are addressed in this paper.

Keywords: Robotic surgery; enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS); esophagectomy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: R van Hillegersberg and JP Ruurda are proctors for Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Sunnyvale, California, USA). Other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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