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SynthesisJournal of robotic surgery2025

Clinical outcomes of laparoscopic versus robotic cholecystectomy approaches: a systematic review and GRADE assessment meta-analysis.

Maria Qadri, Erum Habib, Ahmad Ali Ghawas, Maria Aftab, Alina Jamshed, Muhammad Adnan, Eman Fatima, Hammad Javaid, Muhammad Bilal, Hamza Shabbir and 7 more

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Synthesis in Journal of robotic surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Maria QadriJinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Erum HabibDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ahmad Ali GhawasKhyber Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Maria AftabKing Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Alina JamshedCMH Multan Institute of Medical Sciences, Multan, Pakistan.
Muhammad AdnanSharif Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Eman FatimaAllama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Hammad JavaidKing Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad BilalSargodha Medical College, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Hamza ShabbirWah Medical College, Wah Cantt, Pakistan.
Laraib GhanghroDr. Ruth K.M. Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Touqeer RehmanAyub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Umair KhattakPeshawar Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Akshay KumarHorbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine.
Sana IftikharShaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Nabeel SaddiqueKing Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Kritick BhandariKIST Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Gwarko, Imadol, Lalitpur, 44600, Nepal. bhandarikritick@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the standard treatment for symptomatic cholelithiasis, cholycystitis and other gall bladder diseases. The adoption of robotic-assisted surgery has increased, but its comparative clinical outcomes remain debated. This meta-analysis compares the clinical outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus and Embase from inception until August 2025 to identify relevant studies. Risk ratios (RR) for dichotomous outcomes and mean differences (MD) for continuous outcomes with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using a random-effects model. Heterogeneity was assessed using I

Indexed as

CholecystectomyCholecystectomy, LaparoscopicRobotic Surgical ProceduresHumansLength of StayOperative TimePostoperative ComplicationsTreatment OutcomeLaparoscopic cholecystectomyMeta-analysisMinimally invasive surgeryRobotic cholecystectomy

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PMID41354898

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