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Robotic Gastric Cancer Surgery: What Happened Last Year?

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Abstract

Purpose of review

This following review aims to evaluate the role of robotic surgery in gastric cancer, comparison with open and laparoscopic alternatives, based on the articles published last year.

Recent Findings

Robotic gastric surgery is a promising and developing platform in the surgical era and its perioperative or oncological results after gastric cancer surgery are still under evaluation. Besides this, the approaches of eastern and western societies in robotic gastric surgery are also different as in open surgery, in some ways.

Summary

Robotic gastric surgery seems to be more advantageous to use in early-stage gastric cancers, it causes less bleeding and provides technical advantage to the surgeon. The high cost and the long operation time are still the biggest problems. There is no difference in terms of oncological results compared to other methods. It is feasible and safe alternative to other methods.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, RecepTayyip Erdogan University Faculty of Medicine, Rize, Turkey

    Muhammet Kadri Çolakoğlu

  2. Department of Gastroenterology Surgery, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey

    Volkan Öter

  3. Department of Gastroenterology Surgery, Yuksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Erdal Birol Bostancı

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Çolakoğlu, M.K., Öter, V. & Bostancı, E.B. Robotic Gastric Cancer Surgery: What Happened Last Year?. Curr Surg Rep 7, 15 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40137-019-0235-z

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