SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2022
Is robotic distal pancreatectomy better than laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy after the learning curve? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Oncological outcomes in minimally invasive vs. open distal pancreatectomy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Short-Term Outcomes and Cost of Robotic Versus Open Distal Pancreatectomy During the Initial Phase of a Robotic Pancreatectomy Program.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2026Article
- 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
- A comparative analysis of robotic versus laparoscopic total pancreatectomy: insights from the National Cancer Database.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy from multi-port to reduced-port surgery approach.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2023Article
- Distal pancreatectomy with or without radical approach, vascular resections and splenectomy: Easier does not always mean easy.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2023Review
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Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the safety and overall effect of robotic distal pancreatectomy (RDP) to laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) after the learning curve, especially in perioperative outcome and short-term oncological outcome. Methods: A literature search was performed by two authors independently using PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science to identify any studies comparing the results of RDP versus LDP published until 5 January 2022. Only the studies where RDP was performed in more than 35 cases were included in this study. We performed a meta-analysis of operative time, blood loss, reoperation, readmission, hospital stay, overall complications, major complications, postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF), blood transfusion, conversion to open surgery, spleen preservation, tumor size, R0 resection, and lymph node dissection. Results: Our search identified 15 eligible studies, totaling 4,062 patients (1,413 RDP). It seems that the RDP group had a higher rate of smaller tumor size than the LDP group (MD: -0.15; 95% CI: -0.20 to -0.09; Conclusions: RDP is safe and feasible for distal pancreatectomy compared with LDP, and it can reduce the rate of conversion to open surgery and increase the rate of spleen preservation, which needs to be further confirmed by quality comparative studies with large samples. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/#recordDetails.
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