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  • Minimally Invasive Surgery

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  • Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) emerged in the 1990s to reduce respiratory complications and improve recovery compared to open thoracotomy.
  • Despite potential benefits like reduced morbidity, MIE is not globally standard for esophageal cancer due to its technical demands.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the current status of conventional MIE.
  • To review robot-assisted minimally invasive thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of conventional MIE techniques.
  • Literature review of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy.

Main Results:

  • Open transthoracic esophagectomy is currently the gold standard for resectable esophageal cancer worldwide.
  • MIE techniques face challenges in widespread adoption due to high technical complexity.

Conclusions:

  • Further evaluation and refinement of MIE techniques are needed for broader application.
  • Robot-assisted surgery may offer advancements in MIE for esophageal cancer treatment.