title: The robotic approach for enucleation of a giant esophageal lipoma.
abstract: An 87-year-old man, who had been experiencing progressive dysphagia and slight chest discomfort for 12 months, presented for an esophagram with a diagnosis of achalasia. A giant esophageal lipoma (14.5- × 4.5- × 3.5-cm) that caused symptomatic dysphagia and a dilated esophagus was revealed by computed tomography and endoscopic esophageal ultrasound. For such a huge esophageal lipoma in a geriatric patient, we successfully enucleated the mediastinal lesion via a minimally invasive approach using the da Vinci S Surgical System.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.|Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 10002, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Cheng-Hung
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7156-1153
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: How
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 10002, Taiwan. ntuhlee@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Jang-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Esophageal surgery; Esophagus, benign disease; Robotics