biostudies-literatureUnknown36(10)Babic BUniversitätsklinikum Köln<h4>Introduction</h4>Transthoracic esophagectomy is a highly complex and sophisticated procedure with high morbidity rates and a significant mortality. Surgical access has consistently become less invasive, transitioning from open esophagectomy to hybrid esophagectomy (HE) then to totally minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE), and most recently to robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE), with each step demonstrating improved patient outcomes. Aim of this study with more than 600 patients is to complete a propensity-score matched comparison of postoperative short-term outcomes after highly standardized RAMIE vs. HE in a European high volume center.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Six hundred and eleven patients that underwent transthoracic Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy for esophageaSurgical endoscopy7747-7755https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9485091biostudies-literatureRobot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) vs. hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomy: propensity score matched short-term outcome analysis of a European high-volume center.PMC9485091Jung JOBruns CJSchroder WMuller DTFuchs HFBabic BChon SHSchmidt TSchiffmann LMGrisar PfalseRobot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) vs. hybrid minimally invasive esophagectomy: propensity score matched short-term outcome analysis of a European high-volume center.<h4>Introduction</h4>Transthoracic esophagectomy is a highly complex and sophisticated procedure with high morbidity rates and a significant mortality. Surgical access has consistently become less invasive, transitioning from open esophagectomy to hybrid esophagectomy (HE) then to totally minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE), and most recently to robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE), with each step demonstrating improved patient outcomes. Aim of this study with more than 600 patients is to complete a propensity-score matched comparison of postoperative short-term outcomes after highly standardized RAMIE vs. HE in a European high volume center.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Six hundred and eleven patients that underwent transthoracic Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy for esophagea2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Oct2025-04-18T15:48:05.102Z2025-02-19T01:55:58.993ZS-EPMC94850913550525910.1007/s00464-022-09254-2