Robotic Esophagectomy Trends and Early Surgical Outcomes: The US Experience [1]
This study set out to analyze the shifting surgical approach and outcomes in esophagectomy using The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Surgery Database. The authors found that over the past decade, the dominant approach has changed to be overwhelmingly minimally invasive. While there are still complications resulting from these methods, they have not raised operative mortality.