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Surgical Merits of Open, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Gastrectomy Techniques with D2 Lymphadenectomy in Obese Patients with Gastric Cancer

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Abstract

Background

Robotic surgery has been widely adopted for complex procedures to overcome technical limitations of open or laparoscopic methods. However, evidence of any subsequent benefit is lacking. This study was undertaken to compare open, laparoscopic, and robotic gastrectomy in technically demanding procedure—D2 dissection in obese patients with gastric cancer.

Methods

Data collected between 2010 and 2018 on D2 gastrectomy in obese patients with gastric cancer were used to conduct retrospective analysis, comparing short- and long-term outcomes of open, laparoscopic, and robotic techniques.

Results

In a total of 185 patients, there were 69 open, 62 laparoscopic, and 54 robotic gastrectomy procedures. Median ages for respective surgical groups were 66 (interquartile range [IQR]: 61–64 years), 63 (IQR: 59–63), and 59 years (IQR: 56–60 years) (p = 0.009). Early-stage gastric cancer ranked proportionately higher in the laparoscopic group (p = 0.005), but operative times were similar among groups. Estimated blood loss (p < 0.001) and drainage volumes (p = 0.001) were higher in the open group, relative to others. Although a robotic approach performed best in overall compliance and in mean number of retrieved lymph node, observed rates of early or late complications did not differ by technique. The open group experienced significantly poorer overall (p = 0.039) and relapse-free (p < 0.001) survival compared with the laparoscopic or robotic group. Robotic surgery emerged from multivariable Cox regression as a protective factor for relapse-free survival (HR = 0.314, 95% CI 0.116–0.851).

Conclusions

In obese patients with gastric cancer, robotic gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy proved comparable to open or laparoscopic technique short-term, yielding better long-term outcomes.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2019R1H1A2079953).

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  1. Department of Surgery, Eulji General Hospital, Eulji University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Seohee Choi MD

  2. Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Jeong Ho Song MD, Sejin Lee MD, Minah Cho MD, Yoo Min Kim MD, Woo Jin Hyung MD & Hyoung-Il Kim MD

  3. Gastric Cancer Center, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Jeong Ho Song MD, Sejin Lee MD, Minah Cho MD, Yoo Min Kim MD, Woo Jin Hyung MD & Hyoung-Il Kim MD

  4. Robot and MIS Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Minah Cho MD, Yoo Min Kim MD, Woo Jin Hyung MD & Hyoung-Il Kim MD

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Drs. Seohee Choi, Jeong Ho Song, Sejin Lee, Minah Cho, Yoo Min Kim, Hyoung-Il Kim have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. Dr. Woo Jin Hyung received research grants from Medtronic and GC Pharma. These funding sources did not influence our study design and played no part in its execution, analytics, and data interpretation or in our decision to submit results.

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Choi, S., Song, J.H., Lee, S. et al. Surgical Merits of Open, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Gastrectomy Techniques with D2 Lymphadenectomy in Obese Patients with Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 28, 7051–7060 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-09952-6

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