Robot-assisted laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy for early-stage gastric cancer: Case series of initial experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the last decade's robotic gastrectomy (RG) has increasingly widespread as a valid minimally invasive option for treatment of gastric cancer. In literature, evidence of its routine use is not yet well established. The aims of this study are to report our initial experience and to present possible advantages of our hybrid operative technique for subtotal gastrectomy.

Materials and methods

Retrospectively, we analyzed data from 41 patients (22 male and 19 female) who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy (RALG) with D2 lymphadenectomy using the da Vinci XI robotic system. Inclusion criteria were gastric cancer in the middle or lower portion of the stomach amenable of radical subtotal gastrectomy without preoperative suspicion of positive lymph

SUBMITTER: Ambrosini F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7785990 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature