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Case Reports
. 2023 Jun 7:20:169-172.
doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2023.05.012. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Robotic-assisted surgical enucleation of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Anthony A Asencio  1 , Esther K Kim  1 , Henry J Tannous  1 , Ankit Dhamija  1
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Case Reports

Robotic-assisted surgical enucleation of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Anthony A Asencio et al. JTCVS Tech. .
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Esophageal mass exposed with visual diagram of mass location. Created with BioRender.com.
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Figure 1
Computed tomography scan of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
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Figure 2
A, Exposure of the azygos vein. B, Dissection of tissue surrounding the mass. C, Mass after resection. D, Flap placement over the area of resection.
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