Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Robot-assisted esophageal surgery using the da Vinci® Xi system: operative technique and initial experiences

  • Original Article
  • Published:
Journal of Robotic Surgery Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In this review, we would like to illustrate our experience with the da Vinci® Xi system in case of esophageal surgery. Since the da Vinci® Xi system was installed in our department, it has resulted in a great improvement in cases of minimally invasive surgery. After the successful establishment in the field of colorectal surgery, the next step was surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Due to the features of the robotic system, we can definitely observe the advantages and a positive effect in case of minimal invasive esophagectomy (MIE). We have also tried to develop an adequate surgical standard of the robotic-assisted minimal invasive esophagectomy with the da Vinci® Xi.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Collard J-M, Lengele B, Otte J-B, Kestens P-J (1993) En Bloc and standard esophagectomies by thoracoscopy. Ann Thorac Surg 56:675–679

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Melvin WS, Needleman BJ, Krause KR, Schneider C, Wolf RK, Michler RE, Ellison EC (2002) Computer-enhanced robotic telesurgery. Initial experience in foregut surgery. Surg Endosc 16:1790–1792

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Brett Broussard J, Evans B, Wei (2016) Robert Cerfolio. Robotic esophagectomy. J Vis Surg 2:139

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Straughan DM, Azoury SC, Bennett RD, Pimiento JM, Fontaine JP, Toloza EM (2015) Robotic-assisted esophageal surgery. Cancer Control 22(3):335–339

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Puntambekar SP, Rayate N, Joshi S, Agarwal G (2011) Robotic transthoracic esophagectomy in the prone position: experience with 32 patients with esophageal cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 142(5):1283–1284

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Yibulayin W, Abulizi S, Lv H, Sun W (2016) Minimally invasive oesophagectomy versus open esophagectomy for resectable esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis. World J Surg Oncol 14:304

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  7. Bae SU, Baek SJ, Hur H, Baik SH, Kim NK, Min BS (2013) Intraoperative near infrared fluorescence imaging in robotic low anterior resection: three case reports. Yonsei Med J 54(4):1066–1069

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  8. Gallagher AG, McClure N, McGuigan J, Ritchie K, Sheehy NP (1998) An ergonomic analysis of the fulcrum effect in the acquisition of endoscopic skills. Endoscopy 30(7):617–620

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Lanfranco AR, Castellanos AE, Desai JP, Meyers WC (2004) Robotic surgery: a current perspective. Ann Surg 239:1

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Kayani B, Garas G, Arshad M, Athanasiou T, Darzi A, Zacharakis E (2014) Is hand-sewn anastomosis superior to stapled anastomosis following oesophagectomy? Int J Surg 12(1):7–15

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Castro PMV, Ribeiro FPG, Rocha ADF, Mazzurana M, Alvarez GA (2014) Hand-sewn versus stapler esophagogastric anastomosis after esophageal ressection: sistematic review and meta-analysis. Arq Bras Cir Dig 27(3):216–221

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  12. van Hillegersberg R, Seesing MFJ, Brenkman HJF, Ruurda JP (2017) Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy. Der Chirurg 88(Supplement 1):7–11

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. He H, Wu Q, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Chen N, Fu J, Zhang G (2018) Short-term outcomes of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a propensity score matched analysis. J Cardiothor Surg 13:52

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. van der Sluis PC, Ruurda JP, Verhage RJJ, van der Horst S, Haverkamp L, Siersema PD, Borel Rinkes IHM, van Hillegersberg R (2015) Oncologic long-term results of robot-assisted minimally invasive thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy with two-field lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 22:1350–1356

    Article  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Surgical Department, Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Corvinusring 3-5, 2700, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

    A. Pötscher, C. Bittermann & F. Längle

Authors
  1. A. Pötscher
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. C. Bittermann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. F. Längle
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. Pötscher.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

Author A. Pötscher, C. Bittermann, and F. Längle declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Pötscher, A., Bittermann, C. & Längle, F. Robot-assisted esophageal surgery using the da Vinci® Xi system: operative technique and initial experiences. J Robotic Surg 13, 469–474 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-018-0872-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-018-0872-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation