SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2021
Robotic
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Robotic distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes in Western vs. Eastern Centers.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Robot-assisted versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis including patient subgroups.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Pooled it
- Robotic versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy on perioperative outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: An Up-To-Date System Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Post-Pancreatectomy Acute Pancreatitis in Pancreatic Cancer: A Single-Center Experience.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Global research trends and frontier evolution in robot-assisted distal pancreatectomy: a bibliometric and visualization analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Review
- Superiority of robotic over laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy in surgical outcomes evaluated by textbook outcome.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Robotic Versus Hand-Assisted Distal Pancreatectomy: A Comparative Single Center Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Surgical and Oncological Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Left Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer: Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Approach.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Mesopancreas-Anatomical Insights and Its Implications for Diagnosis and Clinical and Surgical Practice.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Study International Multicentric Pancreatic Left Resections (SIMPLR): Does Surgical Approach Matter?Cancers · 2024Article
- International consensus guidelines on robotic pancreatic surgery in 2023.Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition · 2024Review
- Distal pancreatectomy with or without radical approach, vascular resections and splenectomy: Easier does not always mean easy.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2023Review
- Robot-Assisted Versus Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy in Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: An International, Retrospective, Cohort Study.Annals of surgical oncology · 2023Article
- Identifying the preoperative factors predicting the surgical difficulty of robotic distal pancreatectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundRobotic distal pancreatectomy (RDP) and laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) are the two principal minimally invasive surgical approaches for patients with pancreatic body and tail adenocarcinoma. The use of RDP and LDP for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains controversial, and which one can provide a better R0 rate is not clear.
methodsA comprehensive search for studies that compared robotic
resultsSix retrospective studies comprising 572 patients (152 and 420 patients underwent RDP and LDP) were included. The present meta-analysis showed that there were no significant differences in operative time, tumor size, and lymph node dissection between RDP and LDP group. Nevertheless, compared with the LDP group, RDP results seem to demonstrate a possibility in higher R0 resection rate (p<0.0001).
conclusionsThis systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that RDP is a technically and oncologically safe and feasible approach for selected PDAC patients. Large randomized and controlled prospective studies are needed to confirm this data. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/#recordDetails, identifier [CRD42021269353].
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