ArticleGastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association2022
Clinical advantage of standardized robotic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a single-center retrospective cohort study using propensity-score matching analysis.
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- Evaluating safety and quality of robotic-assisted gastric cancer surgery: meta-analysis and meta-regression.BJS open · 2025Pooled it
- A comparison of postoperative outcomes between robotic-assisted and laparoscopic-assisted total gastrectomy: a comprehensive meta-analysis and systematic review.BMC surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: systematic review and future directions.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical advantages of robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer over conventional laparoscopic approach: a retrospective cohort study using a nationwide registry database in Japan.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026Article
- Operative safety and oncologic outcomes of robotic and laparoscopic total gastrectomy for advanced middle-upper gastric cancer: a multicenter retrospective study.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2026Article
- Robot-assisted versus laparoscopic total gastrectomy: a western high-volume tertiary referral center experience.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- The value of robot-assisted gastrectomy in the treatment of gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- Is Laparoscopic/Robotic Total Gastrectomy a Reasonable and Adequate Treatment for Proximal Advanced Gastric Cancer?Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Review
- Comparison of partially extracorporeal versus totally intracorporeal Roux-en-Y reconstruction in robotic surgery for gastric cancer.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Risk of Open Conversion During Robotic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Optimizing Patient Selection.Journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
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- Impact of the endoscopic surgical skill qualification system on the oncological safety of laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A single-center retrospective cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Long-term Oncologic Outcomes of Robotic Total Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer.Journal of gastric cancer · 2024Article
- Safety and feasibility of minimally invasive gastrectomy following preoperative chemotherapy for highly advanced gastric cancer.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Robotic versus open approach in total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a comparative single-center study of perioperative outcomes.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Article
- Efficacy of minimally invasive proximal gastrectomy followed by valvuloplastic esophagogastrostomy using the double flap technique in preventing reflux oesophagitis.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Review
- 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
- Orchiectomy due to delayed severe scrotal hematocele after laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair for a giant inguinoscrotal hernia: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough recent studies have shown that robotic gastrectomy offers clinical advantages over laparoscopic gastrectomy in decreasing gastric cancer (GC) morbidity, studies focusing on robotic total gastrectomy (RTG) remain limited. The current study aimed to clarify whether the use of a robotic system could clinically improve short-term outcomes.
methodsBetween January 2009 and June 2021, 371 patients diagnosed with both clinical and pathological Stage III or lower GC and underwent RTG or laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) were enrolled in this study. The primary outcome was the incidence of intra-abdominal infectious complications over Clavien-Dindo classification grade IIIa. Demographic characteristics of those who underwent the RTG and LTG were matched using propensity-score matching (PSM), after which short-term outcomes were compared retrospectively.
resultsAfter PSM, 100 patients were included in each group. The RTG group had a significantly shorter duration of hospitalization following surgery [RTG 13 (11-16) days vs. LTG 14 (11-19) days; p = 0.032] and a greater number of dissected LNs [RTG 48 (39-59) vs. LTG 43 (35-54) mL; p = 0.025], despite having a greater total operative time [RTG 511 (450-646) min vs. LTG 448 (387-549) min; p < 0.001]. In addition, the RTG group had significantly fewer total complications (3% vs. 13%, p = 0.019) and intra-abdominal infectious complications (1% vs. 9%; p = 0.023).
conclusionsThe current study showed that robotic surgery might improve short-term outcomes following minimally invasive radical total gastrectomy by reducing intra-abdominal infectious complications.
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