ArticleUpdates in surgery2021
Robotic-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer: single Western center results.
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- A systematic review on the effectiveness of robot-assisted minimally invasive gastrectomy.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2024Pooled it
- Short-Term Surgical Outcomes of Robotic Gastrectomy Compared to Open Gastrectomy for Patients with Gastric Cancer: a Randomized Trial.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2022Trial
- Risk of Open Conversion During Robotic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Optimizing Patient Selection.Journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Short- and long-term outcomes of robotic- versus laparoscopic-assisted early-onset gastric cancer: a propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Survival Outcomes Between Minimally Invasive and Open Gastrectomy in Early and Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma in a Western Center.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2025Article
- The Aging Stomach: Clinical Implications ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Prognostic significance of metastatic lymph node ratio in gastric cancer: a Western-center analysis.BMC surgery · 2023Article
- Intraoperative performance and outcomes of robotic and laparoscopic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A high-volume center retrospective propensity score matching study.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- Extended Lymphadenectomy for Gastric Cancer in the Neoadjuvant Era: Current Status, Clinical Implications and Contentious Issues.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Review
- A novel nomogram based on the prognostic nutritional index for predicting postoperative outcomes in patients with stage I-III gastric cancer undergoing robotic radical gastrectomy.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
A robotic approach to abdominal surgery procedures may improve postoperative outcomes compared to either open or laparoscopic approaches. The role of robotics for gastric surgery, however, is still being evaluated. A retrospective review of the prospectively maintained database for robotic gastric surgery at University of Siena between 2011 and 2020 was conducted. Data regarding surgical procedures, early postoperative outcomes, and long-term follow-up were analyzed. 38 patients underwent robotic partial or total gastrectomy. Conversion to open occurred in two patients (5.2%) due to locally advanced disease as well as difficult identification of primary lesion. Postoperative morbidity was 13.1% while no postoperative mortality was registered. The mean length of operation was 358.6 (220-650) minutes and the mean number of retrieved lymph nodes was 35.8 (range: 5-73). The median OS of all population was 70.9 months. The median 5-year OS for the patients with positive nodes was worse than that of patients without metastatic lymph nodes [51.4 months (95% CI 35.5-67.4) vs. 79.5 months (95% CI 67.1-91.8); p = 0.079]. The interesting results including postoperative morbidity as well as mortality rate, the surgical outcomes, and the 5-year OS, were to be acceptable considering the data recorded by previous studies on robotic gastrectomy. This study demonstrated that robotic gastrectomy is feasible and can be safely performed. However, further follow-up and randomized clinical trials are required to confirm the role of a robotic approach in gastric cancer surgery.
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