Salvage robotic-assisted subtotal esophagectomy after chemoradiotherapy for unresectable locally advanced esophageal sarcoma: A case report
Masaaki Yamamoto, Atsushi Takeno, Kiyoshi Mori, Yumiko Hirose, Shinji Tokuyama, Yuki Matsui, Reishi Toshiyama, Kenji Kawai, Yusuke Takahashi, Kenji Sakai, Naoki Hama, Takeshi Kato, Koji Takami, Motohiro Hirao · 2026
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Masaaki Yamamoto and co-authors report the 2026 case of robot-assisted salvage surgery for a rare esophageal sarcoma after chemoradiation. Sarcoma of the food pipe is extremely rare, and no standard treatment path exists.
The patient, an 82-year-old man, had trouble swallowing solids. Scans showed a mid-chest food pipe tumor with bulky lymph nodes pressing into the airway, so chemoradiation came first. The tumor and nodes shrank enough to allow surgery. A robot-assisted minimally invasive operation then removed part of the food pipe. The authors say this is the first such salvage case they know of for this tumor.
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| CREATOR | Masaaki Yamamoto, Atsushi Takeno, Kiyoshi Mori, Yumiko Hirose, Shinji Tokuyama, Yuki Matsui, Reishi Toshiyama, Kenji Kawai, Yusuke Takahashi, Kenji Sakai, Naoki Hama, Takeshi Kato, Koji Takami, Motohiro Hirao |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21266 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |