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

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. tsunoda@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

Shigeru Tsunoda et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;28(2):648-649.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09082-5. Epub 2020 Aug 31.

¹ Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. tsunoda@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

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