title: Robotic esophagectomy: is it an advance and what is the future?
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA. thomas_watson@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome