Robotic versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma: a Meta-Analysis of Efficacy and Safety.

Journal: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To systematically review efficacyand safety of robotic gastrectomy (RG) compared with conventional laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) for gastric carcinoma.

Authors

  • Li-Dong Hu
    Department of Clinical Medicine, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yinchuan, China E-mail : huabner@163.com.
  • Xiao-Fei Li
    Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
  • Xiu-Yue Wang
  • Tian-Kang Guo