%0 Journal Article %T Application of full lateral decubitus position with cephalic parallel approach in robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy %A Zhu, Yunke %A Ma, Lin %A Liu, Lunxu %A Lin, Yidan %J Journal of Thoracic Disease %D 2019 %B 2019 %9 %! Application of full lateral decubitus position with cephalic parallel approach in robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy %K %X Background: To overcome the technical shortcomings of robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE), we designed an optimized approach called full lateral position with cephalic-parallel approach for this technique. Methods: We described and demonstrated the details regarding the full lateral position with cephalic-parallel approach for mobilization of the esophagus and mediastinal lymphadenectomy. On the basis of the location and T stage of esophageal cancer, a disease-specific resection process was also designed and introduced. Ten of our latest RAMIE procedures were performed using this approach. Perioperative data were collected and analyzed. Results: The mean duration of the entire RAMIE procedure was 381.0±57.5 min. Two (20%) patients suffered from postoperative hoarseness. The mean total number of lymph nodes dissected was 22.4±4.0, and the mean number of positive lymph nodes dissected was 2.0±2.7. Conclusions: The newly designed full lateral position with cephalic-parallel approach, which makes the procedure highly convenient, is technically feasible for RAMIE. %U https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/31040 %V 11 %N 8 %P 3250-3256 %@ 2077-6624