SynthesisLangenbeck's archives of surgery2021
Laparoscopic versus robotic right colectomy with extra-corporeal or intra-corporeal anastomosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Comparison of short-term outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic right colectomy for patients ≥ 65 years of age: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for colorectal disease: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomised controlled trials.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical effectiveness of robotic versus laparoscopic and open surgery: an overview of systematic reviews.BMJ open · 2024Pooled it
- Robotic versus laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: a systematic review of the evidence.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Short-term outcomes in robot-assisted compared to laparoscopic colon cancer resections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Pooled it
- Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Laparoscopic vs. Robotic Approaches-A Review of the Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Robotic-Assisted Versus Laparoscopic-Assisted Colectomy: Findings on Short-Term Outcomes From A Multi-Institutional Propensity Score-Matched Study.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Robotic surgery for Crohn's disease: multinational survey of colorectal surgeons.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Robotic Gastrointestinal Surgery Compared to Conventional Approaches: An Umbrella Review of Clinical and Economic Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Robotic right colectomy is associated with reduced conversion to open surgery in patients with obesity.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2025Article
- Robotic versus laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with complete mesocolic excision using a cranial approach: a propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study.Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Article
- Preoperative angio-CT colonography improves the quality of lymph node dissection during minimally invasive right hemicolectomy: a propensity score-matched study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Cost and outcomes of side-to-side versus end-to-end anastomosis in right colectomy: a retrospective cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- A Narrative Review on the Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Colorectal Cancer Management.Cureus · 2025Review
- Laparoscopic robotic-assisted ileo-caecal resection with intracorporeal anastomosis in children with Crohn disease: initial experience of a paediatric center and surgical feasibility.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Article
- Comparison of short-term outcomes of laparoscopic surgery, robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery, and open surgery for lateral lymph-node dissection for rectal cancer: a network meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
- Minimally invasive left colectomy with total intracorporeal anastomosis versus extracorporeal anastomosis. A single center cohort study. Stage 2b IDEAL framework for evaluating surgical innovation.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Article
- Robotic versus laparoscopic anterior resection for the treatment of stage II and III sigmoid colon cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis is to compare laparoscopic right colectomy (LRC) versus robotic right colectomy (RRC) using homogeneous subgroup analyses for extra-corporeal anastomosis (EA) and intra-corporeal anastomosis (IA).
methodsMEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched up to April 2020 for prospective or retrospective studies comparing LRC versus RRC on at least one short- or long-term outcome. The primary outcome was the length of hospital stay (LOS). The secondary outcomes included operative and pathological results, survival, and total costs. LRC and RRC were compared using three homogeneous subgroups: without distinction by the type of anastomosis, EA only, and IA only. Pooled data analyses were performed using mean difference (MD) and random effects model.
resultsThirty-seven of 448 studies were selected. The included patients were 21,397 for the LRC group and 2796 for the RRC group. Regardless for the type of anastomosis, RRC showed shorter LOS, lower blood loss, lower conversion rate, shorter time to flatus, and lower overall complication rate compared with LRC, but longer operative time and higher total costs. In the EA subgroup, RRC showed similar LOS, longer operative time, and higher costs compared with LRC, the other outcomes being similar. In the IA subgroup, RRC showed shorter LOS and longer operative time compared with LRC, with no difference for the remaining outcomes.
conclusionsMost included articles are retrospective, providing low-quality evidence and limiting conclusions. The more frequent use of the IA seems to explain the advantages of RRC over LRC.
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