RT Book, Section 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 SR Print(0) ID 1170416802 T1 Robotic Esophageal Surgery T2 Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260026931 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170416802 RD 2024/04/19 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.