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ReviewFrontiers in surgery2022

Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Mega Meta-Analysis.

Shantanu Baral, Mubeen Hussein Arawker, Qiannan Sun, Mingrui Jiang, Liuhua Wang, Yong Wang, Muhammad Ali, Daorong Wang

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Review in Frontiers in surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Predictive Factors for Infectious Complications after Robotic Gastrectomy for Gastric or Esophagogastric Junction Cancer.European surgical research. Europaische chirurgische Forschung. Recherches chirurgicales europeennes · 2026
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  7. [Case of tooth autotransplantation with robotic surgery assistance].Hua xi kou qiang yi xue za zhi = Huaxi kouqiang yixue zazhi = West China journal of stomatology · 2025
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  10. LaparoscopicCancers · 2025
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  17. Surgery Matters: Progress in Surgical Management of Gastric Cancer.Current treatment options in oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shantanu BaralClinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou China.
Mubeen Hussein ArawkerClinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou China.
Qiannan SunDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou China.
Mingrui JiangClinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou China.
Liuhua WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou China.
Yong WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou China.
Muhammad AliClinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou China.
Daorong WangClinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou China.
Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital · CNYangzhou University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Laparoscopic gastrectomy and robotic gastrectomy are the most widely adopted treatment of choice for gastric cancer. To systematically assess the safety and effectiveness of robotic gastrectomy for gastric cancer, we carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis on short-term and long-term outcomes of robotic gastrectomy. Methods: In order to find relevant studies on the efficacy and safety of robotic gastrectomy (RG) and laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) in the treatment of gastric cancer, numerous medical databases including PubMed, Medline, Cochrane Library, Embase, Google Scholar, and China Journal Full-text Database (CNKI) were consulted, and Chinese and English studies on the efficacy and safety of RG and LG in the treatment of gastric cancer published from 2012 to 2022 were screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, and a meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.4 software. Results: The meta-analysis inlcuded 48 literatures, with 20,151 gastric cancer patients, including 6,175 in the RG group and 13,976 in the LG group, respectively. Results of our meta-analysis showed that RG group had prololonged operative time ( Conclusions: In the treatment of gastric cancer, robotic gastrectomy is a safe and effective procedure that has both short- and long-term effects. To properly evaluate the advantages of robotic surgery in gastric cancer, more randomised controlled studies with rigorous research methodologies are needed.

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gastrectomygastric cancerlaparoscopicmeta-analysisrobotic

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PMID35836604
PMCPMC9273891
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