ArticleJournal of robotic surgery2022
Potential advantages of robotic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a retrospective comparative cohort study.
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- Evaluating safety and quality of robotic-assisted gastric cancer surgery: meta-analysis and meta-regression.BJS open · 2025Pooled it
- 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
- A minimally invasive approach to esophagojejunostomy leakage: a retrospective cohort study of the efficacy of endoscopic Histoacryl injection compared with conventional treatments.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2026Article
- Impact of the articulating robotic system on suprapancreatic lymphadenectomy in obese patients with gastric cancer: A comparative study with conventional laparoscopy.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- A visual exploration of the evolutionary trajectory in robotic surgery for gastrointestinal malignancies.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Impact of robotic surgery proportion among minimally invasive gastrectomy on surgical complications.Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu · 2025Article
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- Indocyanine Green Tracer-Guided Radical Robotic Distal Gastrectomy Using the Firefly™ System Improves the Quality of Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with Gastric Cancer.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Article
- Analysis of surgical outcomes and risk factors for anastomotic leakage following trans-hiatal resection of esophagogastric junction cancer.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Article
- Comparison of Short-Term Surgical Outcomes of Two Types of Robotic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Ultrasonic Shears Method Versus the Maryland Bipolar Forceps Method.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Article
- Clinical advantage of standardized robotic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a single-center retrospective cohort study using propensity-score matching analysis.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2022Article
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Abstract
Laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) is a highly technical surgery that can lead to postoperative complications. Whether the recently introduced robotic surgery overcomes the drawbacks of laparoscopic surgery in total gastrectomy remains controversial. Therefore, we aimed to elucidate the potential benefits of robotic total gastrectomy (RTG) and compare the short-term outcomes of RTG and LTG. We retrospectively analyzed 56 patients with primary gastric or esophagogastric junction cancer who underwent RTG or LTG between June 2017 and July 2021. The groups were compared in terms of operative outcomes and postoperative complications. Potential risk factors associated with postoperative complications were assessed by performing multivariable analysis using logistic regression models via the exact method. Operation time was significantly longer, and postoperative hospital stay was significantly shorter in the robotic group (550 vs. 466 min, P < 0.001; 13 vs. 18 days, P = 0.013, respectively). The incidence of overall postoperative complications of Clavien-Dindo grade ≥ II was 18.5% and 24.1% in the RTG and LTG groups, respectively. Pancreatic fistulas were not observed, but other local complications were observed in 0% and 17.2% of the RTG and LTG groups, respectively (P = 0.052). In the multivariable analysis, the independent risk factors for local complications were laparoscopic surgery (odds ratio [95% confidence interval] 8.542 [1.065-∞], P = 0.045) and esophagogastric junction cancer (16.646 [2.559-∞], P = 0.005). Compared with LTG, RTG was associated with fewer local complications (mainly anastomotic leakage), especially in cases of esophagogastric junction cancer with high anastomotic sites.
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