ArticleBMC surgery2023
Short-term outcomes of robotic versus open hepatectomy among overweight patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity score-matched study.
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- A meta-analytic and systematic review to compare perioperative outcomes and prognosis between robotic and conventional (laparoscopic or open) liver resection in hepatocellular carcinoma cases.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Comparison of the perioperative outcomes of robotic vs. open distal pancreatectomy: a meta-analysis of propensity-score-matched studies.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of patient factors on outcomes in robotic major and minor hepatectomy: importance of patient selection.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Minimally invasive vs. open hepatectomy in patients with obesity and liver tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- Robotic hepatopancreatobiliary surgery using the Toumai® system: initial experience and technical considerations from a single center.Updates in surgery · 2025Article
- The impact of body mass index on short-term surgical outcomes after robotic liver surgery: a propensity-score matched analysis at a high-volume center in Denmark.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Comparison of robotic liver resection in obese vs. non-obese patients: a multicentric propensity score-matched analysis of perioperative outcomes.Updates in surgery · 2025Article
- Surgical treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma in era of multidisciplinary strategies.International journal of clinical oncology · 2025Review
- Experience-based transition to robotic surgery in an experienced program in minimally invasive hepatobiliary surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
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- Surgical Implications for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Cancers · 2024Review
- Exploring the feasibility of robotic liver resection in a limited resource setting.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Robotic Caudate Lobectomy: Feasibility and Techniques with Da Vinci Xi and SP Systems.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundRobotic hepatectomy (RH) has gradually been accepted as it has overcome some of the limitations of open hepatectomy (OH). This study was to compare short-term outcomes in RH and OH for overweight (preoperative body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m²) patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
methodsPerioperative and postoperative data from these patients who underwent RH or OH between January 2010 and December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was performed to determine the impact of RH versus OH on the prognosis of overweight HCC patients.
resultsAll 304 overweight HCC patients were included, 172 who were underwent RH, and 132 who were underwent OH. After the 1:1 PSM, there were 104 patients in both RH and OH groups. After PSM, the RH group of patients had a shorter operative time, less estimated blood loss (EBL), a longer total clamping time, a shorter postoperative length of stay (LOS), less chance of surgical site infection and less rates of blood transfusion (all P < 0.05) compared to the OH patients. The differences between operative time, EBL and LOS were more significant in obese patients. RH was found to be an independent protective factor of EBL ≥ 400ml relative to OH in overweight patients for the first time.
conclusionsRH was safe and feasible in overweight HCC patients. Compared with OH, RH has advantages in terms of operative time, EBL, postoperative LOS, and surgical site infection. Carefully selected overweight patients should be considered for RH.
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