TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Robotic Esophageal Surgery A1 - Groth, Shawn S. A1 - Sarkaria, Inderpal S. A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Burt, Bryan M. A2 - Groth, Shawn S. A2 - Loor, Gabriel A2 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann PY - 2020 T2 - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e AB - Compared with open techniques, minimally invasive approaches to esophageal surgery result in shorter hospital stays,1 lower morbidity and mortality rates,1–3 improved quality-of-life scores,4,5 and earlier return to normal activities,1 while maintaining equivalent functional outcomes for benign disease1,6 and oncologic outcomes for esophageal cancer.7–9 These advantages may allow surgeons to offer esophageal surgery to patients previously considered borderline operative candidates or medically inoperable. However, there are limitations to traditional thoracoscopic and laparoscopic techniques, including 2-D imaging and fixed rigid instrumentation. Robot-assisted esophageal surgery circumvents these limitations by providing a 3-D, tenfold-magnified, high-definition, stable, controlled view along with fine-wristed instrumentation. The latter provides superior dexterity and scaled movement, eliminating tremors when working at greater distances from the trocar. Given these and other benefits, robotic platforms have the potential to place significantly greater control of the operation in the hands of the surgeon and to enhance the overall quality of minimally invasive esophageal surgery. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170416802 ER -