Esophagus
Esophageal leiomyoma is the most common benign tumor of the esophagus. Surgical enucleation is indicated for symptomatic or large lesions and is typically performed via a right-sided approach. Case Presentation A 42-year-old, non-smoking, otherwise healthy...
This video completes a day of excellent presentations by leading surgeons exploring advanced minimally invasive techniques including congenital ventricular septal defect (VSD) surgery, endoscopic transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) explantation,...
Friday, August 28, 2026 – Saturday, August 29, 2026 @ 7:00 am – 11:00 am – Thoracic Surgery Symposium: Malignant Esophagogastric Diseases August 28-29 | UT Southwestern Medical Center in...
This study examines the relationship between public interest in cardiothoracic surgical conditions and corresponding research output during a 21-year period (2004–2024). Public interest was assessed using Google Trends data and...
This clinical video demonstrates the preservation of a replaced left hepatic artery during the creation of a gastric conduit in a robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) for post-neoadjuvant esophageal adenocarcinoma....
The Ivor Lewis esophagectomy has remained the procedure of choice for localized middle or lower esophageal cancer since it was first introduced in 1946 (1,2). Despite its widespread use, the...
Partial or total esophagectomy is indicated for the management of end-stage achalasia. The instrumentation and optics of the robotic platform in this video allowed for a minimally invasive direct and...
This article and accompanying video present a case of a robotic assisted Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy after gastric band placement. The patient was a sixty-seven-year-old man who had previously undergone placement of...
Anastomotic leaks after minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy result in high morbidity for patients, including reoperation, prolonged hospitalization, and the need for distal feeding access. The treatment of anastomotic leaks...
In this video, we present a patient with a recurrent paraesophageal hernia who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic re-do paraesophageal hernia repair with Nissen fundoplication. The patient is a 76M with a...
The authors present the clinical case of a 37-year-old man with a medical history of diabetes mellitus type I and acute biliary pancreatitis who consulted for dysphagia and abdominal pain....
Perforation of Zenker’s diverticulum is a known risk of endoscopic procedures, and surgical transcervical repair or drainage is the standard management (1). Unresolved leak may require alternate means of drainage....
The authors present a case of successful minimally invasive esophagectomy after prior open Nissen fundoplication and gastrostomy, not previously described in the literature. A 43-year-old man presented with dysphagia to...









