First Case of Esophagectomy Using a Robotic Single-Port System for Laryngo-Esophagectomy

A 58-year-old female patient was diagnosed with hypopharyngeal cancer with extension to the invasion of the upper esophagus. After 2 cycles of durvalumab as neoadjuvant therapy, total laryngo-esophagectomy using a single-port (SP) system via a subcostal incision was done. The operation was completed within 41 minutes, and the patient recovered without esophagectomy-related complications. The patient received total laryngectomy and esophagectomy using a robotic SP system via a 3-cm-long subcostal incision and gastric pull-up under laparotomy. During the postoperative period, the patient suffered from anastomotic leakage, but recovered with vacuum therapy. Here, we report the first successful human case of esophagectomy using an SP system.