Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 25, 2026
04:19
Robotic Enucleation of Esophageal Leiomyoma
Published on: February 20, 2026
Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic resection of esophageal leiomyoma
1Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Center, Department of General Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, MC 958, Chicago, Illinois 60610, USA.
Surgical Endoscopy
|March 18, 2004
Abstract:
Esophageal leiomyoma represents 70-80% of all benign esophageal tumors but only approximately 0.5% of all esophageal neoplasms; optimal surgical treatment consists of local resection. We present the first reported robotic-assisted thoracoscopic resection of two patients with esophageal leiomyoma using the daVinci Surgical System. Operative technique and technical considerations are presented.
