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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2021

Comparison of short-term clinical outcomes between robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy and video-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Chao Zheng, Xiao-Kun Li, Chi Zhang, Hai Zhou, Sai-Guang Ji, Ji-Hong Zhong, Yang Xu, Zhuang-Zhuang Cong, Gao-Ming Wang, Wen-Jie Wu and 1 more

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Chao ZhengDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Xiao-Kun LiDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Chi ZhangDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Hai ZhouDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nanjing Second Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Sai-Guang JiDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nanjing Second Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Ji-Hong ZhongDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Yang XuDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Zhuang-Zhuang CongDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Gao-Ming WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Xuzhou Central Hospital, Xuzhou School of Clinical Medicine of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Wen-Jie WuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Yi ShenDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Southeast University · CNNanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command · CNNanjing University · CNNanjing Second Hospital · CNXuzhou Medical College · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThough robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) is demonstrated to offer a better visualization and provide a fine dissection of the mediastinal structures to facilitate the complex thoracoscopic operation, the superiorities of RAMIE over MIE have not been well verified. The aim of this study was to explore the actual superiorities through comparing short-term results of RAMIE with that of MIE.

methodsPubMed, EMBASE and web of science databases were systematically searched up to September 1, 2020 for case-controlled studies that compared RAMIE with TLMIE.

resultsFourteen studies were identified, with a total of 2,887 patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer, including 1,435 patients subjected to RAMIE group and 1,452 patients subjected to MIE group. The operative time in RAMIE was still significantly longer than that in MIE group (OR =0.785; 95% CI, 0.618-0.952; P<0.001). The incidence of pneumonia was significantly lower in RAMIE group compared with MIE group (OR =0.677; 95% CI, 0.468-0.979; P=0.038).

conclusionsRAMIE has the superiorities over MIE in short-term outcomes in terms of pneumonia and vocal cord palsy. Therefore, RAMIE could be considered as a standard treatment for patients with esophageal cancer.

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meta-analysisRobot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE)short-term clinical outcomesvideo-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy

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