Abstract:Background
The gold standard for treating resectable esophageal cancer is esophagectomy. Robot-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy (RATE) is a technique that bridges the gap between open esophagectomy and minimally invasive surgery, although there is little evidence to support its superiority over traditional thoracoscopic esophagectomy (TE) in treating thoracic esophageal cancer.
Method
We included 159 patients who received TE and 35 patients who had RATE in this research after retrospectively analyzing cl… Show more
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