SynthesisTechniques in coloproctology2023
Comparison of robotic right colectomy and laparoscopic right colectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Comparison of short-term outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic right colectomy for patients ≥ 65 years of age: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Robotic versus laparoscopic approaches for rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of postoperative complications, anastomotic leak, and mortality.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical effectiveness of robotic versus laparoscopic and open surgery: an overview of systematic reviews.BMJ open · 2024Pooled it
- Is mechanical bowel preparation mandatory for elective colon surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Pooled it
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- Factors influencing surgical difficulty in minimally invasive right hemicolectomy.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Comparison of the short-term and mid-term outcomes between robot-assisted and laparoscopic surgery for splenic flexure colon cancer.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Robotic-Assisted Versus Laparoscopic-Assisted Colectomy: Findings on Short-Term Outcomes From A Multi-Institutional Propensity Score-Matched Study.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Interim analysis of short-term outcomes between robotic and laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer: results from the ESSIMIC trial.Annals of coloproctology · 2026Article
- Benchmarking to validate the implementation of a robotic colorectal cancer surgery program. Proposal for a new method to createbenchmarks.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Observational
- Robotic right colectomy is associated with reduced conversion to open surgery in patients with obesity.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2025Article
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- Cost and outcomes of side-to-side versus end-to-end anastomosis in right colectomy: a retrospective cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Feedback differences between upper gastrointestinal and colorectal specialists observing laparoscopic trainee surgeon suturing videos.Surgery open science · 2025Article
- The impact of standardized robotics course training during colorectal surgery fellowship on post-training practice: a survey of graduates.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Robot-assisted vs. laparoscopic right hemicolectomy in octogenarians and nonagenarians: an analysis of the US nationwide inpatient sample 2005-2018.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Observational
- Colorectal procedures with the novel Hugo™ RAS system: training process and case series report from a non-robotic surgical team.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundFor right colon surgery, there is an increasing body of literature comparing the safety of robotic right colectomy (RRC) with laparoscopic right colectomy (LRC). The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the safety and efficacy of RRC versus LRC, including homogeneous subgroup analyses for extracorporeal anastomosis (EA) and intracorporeal anastomosis (IA).
methodsPubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for studies published between January 2000 and January 2022. Length of hospital stay, operation time, rate of conversion to laparotomy, time to first flatus, number of harvested lymph nodes, estimated blood loss, rate of overall complication, ileus, anastomotic leakage, wound infection, and total costs were measured.
resultsForty-two studies (RRC: 2772 patients; LRC: 12,469 patients) were evaluated. Regardless of the type of anastomosis, RRC showed shorter length of hospital stay, lower rate of conversion to laparotomy, shorter time to first flatus, lower rate of overall complications, and a higher number of harvested lymph nodes compared with LRC, but longer operative time and higher total costs. In the IA subgroup, RRC had a shorter length of hospital stay, longer operative time, and lower rate of conversion to laparotomy compared with LRC, with no difference for the remaining outcomes. In the EA subgroup, RRC had a longer operative time, lower estimated blood loss, lower rate of overall complications, and higher total costs compared with LRC, with the other outcomes being similar.
conclusionThe safety and efficacy of RRC is superior to LRC, especially when an intracorporeal anastomosis is performed. Most included articles were retrospective, offering low-quality evidence and limited conclusions.
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