Review Article

Status and Prospects of Robotic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Our Experience and a Review of the Literature

Table 2

Summary of the latest comparative studies for robotic gastrectomy.

AuthorYearType of
approach
Number of
patients
Type of surgery
(TG/STG)
LN dissection
(limited/D2)
Operation
time (min)
Blood loss
(ml)
Number of
retrieved LN
Hospital
stay (days)
Morbidity
(%)
Mortality
(%)

Pugliese et al. [81]2009R90/90/93509227.511
L460/460/4623615631.510
Song et al. [82]2009R, initial200/2016/423094.835.35.750
L, initial200/2010/−1028931.57.750
L, recent200/2012/813439.542.76.2100
Pugliese et al. [83]2010R160/160/183449025106
L480/480/52235148311012.5
Kim et al. [39]2010R160/162/14259.230.341.15.100
L110/113/8203.944.737.46.590
O120/120/12126.778.843.36.716
Woo et al. [12]2011R23662/172131/105219.591.6397.7110.4
L591108/481312/279170.7147.937.4713.70.3
Caruso et al. [10]2011R2912/170/29290197.6289.641.40
O12037/830/120222386.131713.442.53.3
Yoon et al. [61]2012R3636/0305.842.88.816.70
L6565/0210.239.410.315.40
Eom et al. [18]2012R300/3010/−20229.1152.830.27.9130
L620/6228/34189.488.333.47.860
Huang et al. [20]2012R397/325/344305032714.42.6
L647/5752/12350100261115.62.6
O586179/40770/516320400341214.71.4
Kang et al. [84]2012R10016/8432/6820293.29.8140
L28237/245173173.48.110.30
Kim et al. [85]2012R436109/3272268540.27.59.60.4
L861158/70317611237.67.88.90.3
O45421232/330915819240.510.210.10.4
Park et al. [34]2012R3021860357170
L120140753477.50
Hyun et al. [21]2013R389/2924/14234.4131.332.810.547.30
L8318/6565/18220130.432.611.938.50
Huang et al. [22]2014R728/645/67357.979.630.61112.51.4
L7310/6332/41319.811628.113.28.21.4
Junfeng et al. [23]2014R12026(TG)/
92(STG)/
2(PG)
234.8118.334.67.85.8
L394118(TG)/
261(STG)/
15(PG)
221.3137.632.77.94.3
Kim et al. [24]2014R17298/74206.459.837.37.15.20
L481246/235167.1134.936.86.74.23
Son et al. [11]2014R5151/00/51264.1163.447.28.615.72
L5858/00/58210.3210.742.87.922.40
Noshiro et al. [37]2014R210/2113/8439964489.50
L1600/16079/813151154013100
Han et al. [35]2015R6868(PPG)258.333.419.10
L6868(PPG)193.936.522.10
Lee et al. [25]2015R1330/1330/133217.54741.26.210.50
L2670/2670/26717187.139.9712.70
Okumura et al. [36]2015R49(E)
321(Y)
10(E)85(Y)/
39(E)236(Y)
28(E)185(Y)/
21(E)136(Y)
227.3(E)
219.6(Y)
84.8(E)
71.4(Y)
36.5(E)
41.5(Y)
5(E)5(Y)14.3(E)
11.8(Y)
0(E)0(Y)
L132(E)20/11215/57174.3156.732.6618.20.8
Seo et al. [55]2015R400/4022/182437640.46.7527.50
L400/4023/1722422735.47.37300
You et al. [86]2015R160/165/11271.944.311.412.50
L200/2011/924139.99.7150
O120/1211/1178.841.611.88.30
Kim et al. [14]2016R22342(TG)/
1(PG)/
20(PPG)/
160(STG)
113/11022650336300
L21130(TG)/
1(PG)/
13(PPG)/
167(STG)
128/8318060326300
Kim et al. [6]2016R870/878/79248.437.16.75.71.1
L2880/28895/19323034.17.490.3
Nakauchi et al. [38]2016R8427/5735/493784440142.4
L437136/301232/20536133381512.8
Shen et al. [26]2016R9323/7043/50257.1176.6339.49.8
L33075/255100/230226.2212.531.310.610
Wang et al. [13]2016R15147/10424/127242.794.229.15.79.3
O14553/9221/124192.4152.830.16.410.3

TG: total gastrectomy; STG: subtotal gastrectomy; PPG: pylorus preserving gastrectomy; PG: proximal gastrectomy.