Comparison of short-term clinical outcomes between robotic and laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A meta-analysis of 2495 patients

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 965-976

  Xiong, Junjie ^a   Nunes, Quentin M ^b   Tan, Chunlu ^a   Ke, Nengwen ^a   Chen, Yonghua ^a   Hu, Weiming ^a   Liu, Xubao ^a   Mai, Gang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANASTOMOSIS STENOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC GASTRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890392863     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2013.0279     Document Type: Article

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