title: Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic resection of esophageal leiomyoma.
abstract: Esophageal leiomyoma represents 70-80% of all benign esophageal tumors but only approximately 0.5% of all esophageal neoplasms; optimal surgical treatment consists of local resection. We present the first reported robotic-assisted thoracoscopic resection of two patients with esophageal leiomyoma using the daVinci Surgical System. Operative technique and technical considerations are presented.
authors.affiliation: Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Center, Department of General Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, MC 958, Chicago, Illinois 60610, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Elli
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Espat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Knoblock
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horgan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome