SynthesisSurgical endoscopy2014
A meta-analysis of robotic versus laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
Synthesis in Surgical endoscopy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02325453 (A Multi-Institutional Chart Review to Compare the Outcomes of Robotic, Laparoscopic and Open Surgery for Gastric Cancer.), which is not on this map. Cited by 56 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Multi-Institutional Chart Review to Compare the Outcomes of Robotic, Laparoscopic and Open Surgery for Gastric Cancer.
Who cites it
56 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- A comparison of postoperative outcomes between robotic-assisted and laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy: a comprehensive meta-analysis and systematic review.BMC surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Robotic versus laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Updates in surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer: an overview of systematic reviews with quality assessment of current evidence.Updates in surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Robotic gastrectomy versus laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of prospective observational studies.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Pooled it
- Long-term oncological outcomes in robotic gastrectomy versus laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Pooled it
- [Robotic gastrectomy: Research progress and practical challenges].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2026Review
- Survival Outcomes Between Minimally Invasive and Open Gastrectomy in Early and Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Western Center.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2025Article
- Robotic gastrectomy was reliable option for overweight patients with gastric cancer: a propensity score matching study.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Review
- Fluorescence-guided Two-port Robotic Gastrectomy Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Gastrectomy: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2023Article
- Five-year long-term comparison of robotic and laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a large single-center cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Current standards of surgical management of gastric cancer: an appraisal.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Review
- Open and minimally invasive gastrectomy in Eastern and Western patient populations: A review of the literature and reasons for differences in outcomes.Journal of surgical oncology · 2022Review
- The impact of robotic technology on the learning curve for robot-assisted gastrectomy in the initial clinical application stage.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- Surgical and short-term outcomes in robotic and laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer with enhanced recovery after surgery protocol: A propensity score matching analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Comparison of short-term outcomes of robotic-assisted and laparoscopic-assisted D2 gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a meta-analysis.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2021Article
- Robotic gastrointestinal surgery: learning curve, educational programs and outcomes.Updates in surgery · 2021Review
- Robotic Gastrectomy for Gastric Adenocarcinoma in the USA: Insights and Oncologic Outcomes in 220 Patients.Annals of surgical oncology · 2021Article
- Robotic Surgery in Oncology.Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2020Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundRobot-assisted gastrectomy (RAG) for gastric cancer is still a controversial surgical technique for adequate tumor resection, lymphadenectomy, and postoperative outcome.
methodsA meta-analysis analyzed updated clinical trials that have compared RAG with laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) to evaluate whether RAG is equivalent to LAG.
resultsEight studies were included in the analysis, comprising 1,875 patients. RAG was associated with a longer operative time (p < 0.05), lower estimated blood loss (p < 0.05), and a longer distal margin (p < 0.05). RAG can be performed safely with lower estimated blood loss and a longer distal margin than with LAG. Complications, hospital stay, proximal margin, and harvested lymph nodes for RAG and LAG were similar.
conclusionsRAG is as acceptable as LAG for obtaining safe complications and for performing radical gastrectomy.
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