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ArticleAnnals of surgical oncology2022

Less Severe Intra-Abdominal Infections in Robotic Surgery for Gastric Cancer Compared with Conventional Laparoscopic Surgery: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis.

Naoshi Kubo, Katsunobu Sakurai, Yutaka Tamamori, Yasuyuki Fukui, Kenji Kuroda, Naoki Aomatsu, Takafumi Nishii, Akiko Tachimori, Kiyoshi Maeda

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Article in Annals of surgical oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  5. 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 · 2023
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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Naoshi KuboDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan. kubonaoshi@gmail.com.
Katsunobu SakuraiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Yutaka TamamoriDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Yasuyuki FukuiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Kenji KurodaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Naoki AomatsuDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Takafumi NishiiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Akiko TachimoriDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Kiyoshi MaedaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Osaka City General Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe impact of robotic gastrectomy (RG) for gastric cancer (GC) on the incidence of postoperative complication is debatable and unclear.

methodsThis study enrolled 200 patients with GC who were surgically treated and consisted of 100 RG and 100 laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) cases using an ultrasonic scalpel. The short-term outcomes were compared between the two groups. These outcomes were compared using a 1:1 propensity score (PS)-matching analysis.

resultsAfter PS matching, 76 cases in each group were well matched. Mean surgical time was significantly longer in the RG group than in the LG group (393 vs. 342 min, p < 0.005), whereas mean blood loss during surgery was significantly lower in the RG group than in the LG group (30.1 vs. 50.1 mL, p = 0.023). The median number of surgeons who attend the main part of the surgery was significantly less in the RG group than in the LG group (2.0 vs. 3.0, p = 0.01). The rate of severe intra-abdominal infectious complication was significantly lower in the RG group than in the LG group (0% vs. 9.2%, p = 0.014). The duration from surgery to adjuvant chemotherapy was significantly shorter in the RG group than in the LG group (29.6 ± 11.0 vs. 45.2 ± 27.8 days, p = 0.046).

conclusionsRG using an ultrasonic scalpel may be a viable alternative to LG because of the improvement in the rate of postoperative intra-abdominal infectious complications after curative surgery for GC.

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Intraabdominal InfectionsLaparoscopyRobotic Surgical ProceduresStomach NeoplasmsGastrectomyHumansPostoperative ComplicationsPropensity ScoreRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeGastrectomyGastric cancerRobotic surgery

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