Abstract: Radical resection is the main method for the treatment of esophageal cancer and standard and thorough lymph node dissection is closely related to the staging and prognosis of esophageal cancer.da Vinci Surgical System is being widely used as the most advanced technology in the field of minimally invasive surgery.Because of the threedimensional （3D）camera with a magnified view，rotatable arm，and hand-tremor filtration，da Vinci Surgical System is easy to perform high precision and difficult surgical operations in a small space.In recent years，da Vinci Surgical System has been used in esophagectomy.This article is to review its safety and feasibility，dissection of mediastinal lymph nodes，protection of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and learning curve of da Vinci robotassisted minimally invasive esophagectomy （RAMIE）compared to video-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy.

Key words: silent information regulator 7, gastric cancer, clinicopathological characteristics