No difference between short-term surgical outcomes of Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Gastrectomy: Study
No reduction of intra-abdominal infectious complications are observed between short-term surgical outcomes of Robotic Gastrectomy (RG) vs. Laparoscopic Gastrectomy (LG), suggests a study published in the JAMA surgery.
Robotic gastrectomy (RG) for gastric cancer may be associated with decreased incidence of intra-abdominal infectious complications, including pancreatic fistula, leakage, and abscess. Prospective randomized clinical trials comparing laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) and RG are thus required.
A team of researchers conducted a study to compare the short-term surgical outcomes of RG with those of LG for patients with gastric cancer.
In this phase 3, prospective superiority randomized clinical trial of RG vs LG regarding the reduction of complications, 241 patients with resectable gastric cancer (clinical stages I-III) was enrolled between April 1, 2018, and October 31, 2020.
The primary endpoint was the incidence of postoperative intra-abdominal infectious complications. Secondary endpoints were the incidence of any complications, surgical results, postoperative courses, and oncologic outcomes. The modified intention-to-treat population excluded patients who had been randomized and met the post-randomization exclusion criteria. There was also a per-protocol population for analysis of postoperative complications.
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