Case Report
Robotic-assisted McKeown esophagectomy
Abstract
A patient with a history of dysphagia for 3 months was diagnosed as upper esophageal cancer by gastroscopy. After sufficient preoperative preparation, the patient underwent esophagectomy of McKeown procedure by Robotic-assisted approach. The five-port method was used in both thoracic and abdominal part. A jejunostomy tube was placed for enteral nutrition. At last, a cervical esophagogastric anastomosis was performed. No complications occurred during the 6-day postoperative hospitalization. The TNM stage was T3N0M0, stage IIA.