2012
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2679-6
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Robot Versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Cancer by an Experienced Surgeon: Comparisons of Surgery, Complications, and Surgical Stress

Abstract: RAG performed by an experienced surgeon resulted in similar postoperative outcomes and complications to those of LAG. Assessment of operation time, C-D complication grade, and G:L ratio revealed that RAG is a practical and feasible alternative to LAG, with the possible exception of obese patients.

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“…By carefully screening titles, abstracts and even full texts, seven retrospective studies (Pugliese et al, 2010;Huang et al, 2012;Kim et al, 2012;Yoon et al, 2012;Kang et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2012;Hyun et al, 2013) met all inclusion criteria entered in this meta-analysis. In all, our meta-analysis included 2235 patients with gastric cancer, in which 1473 patients had undergone LG, and 762 had undergone RG.…”
Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…By carefully screening titles, abstracts and even full texts, seven retrospective studies (Pugliese et al, 2010;Huang et al, 2012;Kim et al, 2012;Yoon et al, 2012;Kang et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2012;Hyun et al, 2013) met all inclusion criteria entered in this meta-analysis. In all, our meta-analysis included 2235 patients with gastric cancer, in which 1473 patients had undergone LG, and 762 had undergone RG.…”
Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Six of the included studies were published in English, and one published in Chinese . Four studies were from Korea Kang et al, 2012;Yoon et al, 2012;Hyun et al, 2013) and one from Turkey (Pugliese et al, 2010), and two from China Huang et al, 2012). The baseline characteristics and quality assessment of all included studies were listed in Table 1.…”
Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For the improvement of long‐term survival, it is essential to minimize mortality by optimizing surgical techniques and perioperative care 17, 18, 19. In addition, severe infections, pulmonary complications, and liver dysfunction require extended intensive care and long hospital stays for some patients 9, 20.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although current surgical procedures for LTG have not yet been widely established and standardized, reports have appeared concerning the application of more advanced techniques, such as robotic total gastrectomy [64,65] and reduced-port LTG [66,67]. Robotic gastrectomy has been reported to provide manipulations as reliable as those provided by LTG.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%