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Robotic esophagectomy: modified McKeown approach
David Lehenbauer1, Kemp H Kernstine1
1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, HA9.134, Dallas, TX 75390-8879, USA.
Thoracic Surgery Clinics
|May 1, 2014
Abstract:
This article describes a robotic 2-stage 3-field esophagolymphadenectomy. Techniques highlighted include thoracic esophagectomy; cervical, wide thoracic, and abdominal lymphadenectomy; thoracic duct ligation; gastric tube creation; esophagogastric anastomosis in the left neck; and jejunostomy feeding tube placement.
