TABLE 3.
Robot‐assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (procedure undescribed and Ivor Lewis esophagectomy)
| Author | Reference | Study type | Compared outcome | Type of surgery | Number of patients | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procedure undescribed esophagectomy | ||||||
| Manigrasso | 26 | Systematic review and meta‐analyses | Short‐term outcomes | RAMIE | 3832 | Higher number of harvested LNs, lower rate of pneumonia |
| LMIE | 7947 | Shorter operation time | ||||
| RAMIE | 1919 | Lower volume of blood loss, lower rate of wound infection and pneumonia, higher number of harvested LNs, higher R0 resection rate | ||||
| OE | 2566 | Shorter operation time | ||||
| Li | 27 | Systematic review and meta‐analyses | Short‐term outcomes | RAMIE | 866 | Higher number of total harvested LNs, abdominal LNs, and LNs along RLN, less blood loss, less incidence of RLNP |
| CMIE | 883 | |||||
| Ivor Lewis esophagectomy | ||||||
| Angeramo | 28 | Systematic review and meta‐analyses | Short‐term outcomes | RAMIE‐IL | 974 | Lower volume of blood loss, lower rate of pneumonia, lower overall morbidity, higher rate of R0 resection |
| CMIE‐IL | 5275 | Shorter operation time | ||||
| Tagkalos | 29 | Propensity score matching analysis | Short‐term outcomes | RAMIE‐IL | 40 | Relatively higher number of harvested LNs, shorter ICU stay |
| CMIE‐IL | 40 | |||||
Abbreviations: CMIE, completely minimally invasive esophagectomy; CMIE‐IL, completely minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy; ICU, intensive care unit; LMIE, laparoscopic minimally invasive esophagectomy; LN, lymph node; OE, open esophagectomy; RAMIE, robot‐assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy; RAMIE‐IL, robot‐assisted minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy; RLN, recurrent laryngeal nerve; RLNP, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy.