Robotic Surgery and Functional Esophageal Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The functional disease of the esophago-gastric junction (EGJ) is one of the most common health problems. It often happens that patients suffering from GERD need surgical management. The laparoscopic fundoplication has been considered the gold standard surgical treatment for functional diseases of the EGJ. The aim of our meta-analysis is to investigate functional outcomes after robotic fundoplication compared with conventional laparoscopic fundoplication. A prospective search of online databases was performed by two independent reviewers using the search string "robotic and laparoscopic fundoplication", including all the articles from 1996 to December 2021. The risk of bias within each study was assessed with the Cochrane ROBINS-I and RoB 2.0 tools. Statistical analysis was performed using

SUBMITTER: Vertaldi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9966072 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature