ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2022
Laparoscopic surgery versus robot-assisted surgery for choledochal cyst excision: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Postoperative outcomes of robotic-assisted vs. laparoscopic pull-through surgery in pediatric Hirschsprung's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Pooled it
- Artificial intelligence-based phase recognition for workflow analysis in robotic choledochal cyst excision: a proof-of-concept study.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Robot-assisted vs. laparoscopic-assisted surgery for choledochal cyst in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Comparison of laparoscopic and robotic surgery of choledochal cyst in pediatrics: single center experience.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology (IPSO) Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Guidelines.Ecancermedicalscience · 2026Article
- Comparison of robotic versus laparoscopic cyst excision and hepaticojejunostomy for choledochal cyst in children: a propensity score-matched study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Risk factors for postoperative stone formation in pediatric choledochal cysts: a study of 457 cases.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The role of the minimally invasive surgery in the management of paediatric liver tumours.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
- Comparative study of robotic-assisted single-incision-plus-one port and single-incision laparoscopic choledochal cyst excision.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Comparison of robotic assistance and laparoscopy for pediatric choledochal cyst: advantages of robotic assistance.Pediatric surgery international · 2023Article
- Choledochal Cyst Excision in Infants-A Retrospective Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
The aim of this following study is to systematically review and analyze the published data comparing laparoscopic surgery and robotic assisted surgery for choledochal cyst excisions through the metrics of operative time, length of hospital stay and postoperative outcome. PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Ovid, and the Cochrane Library databases were combed through and data was retrieved from the timespan between January 1995 and October 2021. The primary measures included operative time, intraoperative bleeding, hospital stay, and postoperative complications. Quality and risk of bias were assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale. Making use of random-effects models, we pooled the odds ratios (ORs) and mean differences (MDs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). Six studies comprising a total 484 patients who had undergone either laparoscopic surgery [307 (63.43%) patients] or robot-assisted surgery [177 (36.57%) patients] were included in this analysis. Three of the articles involved adults while the other three involved children. All of the studies were published after 2018 and were retrospective case-control studies. Patients undergoing robotic surgery had a shorter hospital stay (MD, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.56 to 1.35;
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