Robotic versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: An Updated Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: Gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy is the standard surgical treatment with curative intent for patients with gastric cancer (GC). Over the last three decades, surgeons have been increasingly adopting laparoscopic surgery for GC, due to its better short-term outcomes. In particular, laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) has been routinely used for early gastric cancer (EGC) treatment. However, LG suffers from technical limitations and drawbacks, such as a two-dimensional surgical field of view, limited movement of laparoscopic tools, unavoidable physiological tremors and discomfort for operating surgeon. Therefore, robotic surgery has been developed to address such limitations. Materials and Methods: We performed a systematic review following the Preferred

SUBMITTER: Zizzo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231199 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature