SynthesisTechniques in coloproctology2023
Long-term oncological outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic approaches for right colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Prospective, Multiceter, Randomized, Controlled Study on the Intraoperative Technical Errors of Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Radical Right Hemiclectomy (Superiority Design，ROBOGEON® 2501study)
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- 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
- Comparison of laparoscopic and robotic right hemicolectomy: insights from a single centre.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2026Article
- Robot-assisted surgery for colorectal cancer using the Hugo™ RAS system: an observational study with the initial 118 cases and a literature review.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Elevated fecal calprotectin values appear more common following esophagogastric than colon surgery.Journal of surgical case reports · 2026Article
- Experience with hinotoriJournal of the anus, rectum and colon · 2026Article
- Safety and Efficacy of Transvaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic (vNOTES) Right Colectomy: A Systematic Review.Cancers · 2025Review
- Current Evidence in Robotic Colorectal Surgery.Cancers · 2025Review
- Right Colectomy with Complete Mesocolic Excision and Intracorporeal Anastomosis: A Monocentric, Single-Surgeon Comparison of Dexter, DaVinci and Laparoscopic Approaches.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Feasibility of the hinotori™ surgical robot system in right colectomy: a propensity score matching study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- One year follow-up of the colon cancer patient cohort treated with a novel miniaturized robotic-assisted surgery device (mRASD).Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe short-term outcomes of robotic right hemicolectomy for right colon cancer have been extensively studied in comparison to conventional laparoscopic right hemicolectomy. However, the long-term oncological outcomes of the two approaches have not been investigated, except in single-center retrospective studies. Therefore, this meta-analysis aimed to investigate the long-term oncological outcomes of robotic right hemicolectomy compared with those of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for right colon cancer.
methodsWe searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library for studies comparing robotic right hemicolectomy with conventional laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for right colon cancer from the date of database inception to August 2022. For survival data extraction, hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using random- or fixed-effects models from the Kaplan-Meier survival curves in the included studies. All calculations and statistical tests were performed using Review Manager software, version 5.4.
resultsA total of 523 patients (robotic right hemicolectomy, 230; laparoscopic right hemicolectomy, 293) from five studies were included in this meta-analysis. There were no significant differences in patient characteristics between the two groups. In terms of pathological characteristics, TNM stage was not different and revealed no differences in the number of harvested lymph nodes even though a larger number of lymph nodes were harvested in the robotic group in one study. Pooled analyses demonstrated no significant difference in disease-free survival (HR 0.72, 95% CI 0.46-1.13, p = 0.15) and overall survival (HR 0.73, 95% CI 0.48-1.13, p = 0.16) between robotic and laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for right colon cancer.
conclusionRobotic right hemicolectomy for right colon cancer is comparable with conventional laparoscopic right hemicolectomy in terms of long-term oncological survival. More prospective, multicenter, randomized trials are necessary to determine the oncologic safety of robotic right hemicolectomy.
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