BACKGROUND: For patients with esophageal cancer, radical esophagectomy with 2-field lymphadenectomy is the cornerstone of the multimodality treatment with curative intent. Both, conventional minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) and robot assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) were shown to be superior compared to open transthoracic esophagectomy considering postoperative complications. However, no randomized comparison was made until now to compare MIE to RAMIE OBJECTIVES: The objective is to evaluate the extent of lymph node dissection, efficacy, risks, quality of life and cost-
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