Comparison of Short-Term Outcomes After Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Radical Gastrectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer in Elderly Individuals: A Propensity Score-Matching Study.

Journal: Annals of surgical oncology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robotic gastrectomy (RG) has been widely used to treat gastric cancer. However, whether the short-term outcomes of robotic gastrectomy are superior to those of laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) for elderly patients with advanced gastric cancer has not been reported.

Authors

  • Zhi-Wei Zheng
    Department of Oral Maxillofacial-Head Neck Oncology, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology & Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.
  • Mi Lin
    Department of Gastric Surgery and Department of General Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, Fujian Province, China.
  • Hua-Long Zheng
    Department of Gastric Surgery and Department of General Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, Fujian Province, China.
  • Qi-Yue Chen
    Department of Gastric Surgery and Department of General Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, Fujian Province, China.
  • Jian-Xian Lin
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, No. 29, Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, Fujian Province, China. linjian379@163.com.
  • Zhen Xue
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
  • Bin-Bin Xu
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
  • Jin-Tao Li
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
  • Ling-Hua Wei
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
  • Hong-Hong Zheng
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
  • Jia Lin
    Department of Physics, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China. Electronic address: xjlin@shiep.edu.cn.
  • Fu-Hai Wang
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
  • Li-Li Shen
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
  • Wen-Feng Li
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
  • Ling-Kang Zhang
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
  • Chang-Ming Huang
    Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, No. 29, Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, Fujian Province, China. hcmlr2002@163.com.
  • Ping Li
    Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.