Robotic versus laparoscopic colectomy for transverse colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Transverse colon cancer, which accounts for approximately 10% of all colon cancers, has a significant gap in the available scientific literature regarding the optimal minimally invasive surgical approach. This meta-analysis aims to compare the robotic and laparoscopic approaches for the surgical management of transverse colon cancer.

Methods

Our systematic review made use of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines, in addition to Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Articles of interest turned out from a search with PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane Library (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials-CENTRAL), Web of Science (Science and Social Science Citation In

SUBMITTER: Morini A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11965196 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature