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Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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We aim to summarize the available literature on patients treated with robotic RYGB and compare the clinical outcomes of patients treated with robotic RYGB with those treated with the standard laparoscopic RYGB. A systematic literature search of PubMed and Scopus databases was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. Fourteen comparative and 11 non-comparative studies were included in this study, reporting data on 5145 patients. This study points to comparable clinical outcomes between robotic and laparoscopic RYGB. Robotic-assisted RYGB was associated with significantly less frequent anastomotic stricture events, reoperations, and a decreased length of hospital stay compared with the standard laparoscopic procedures; however, these findings should be interpreted with caution given the low number and poor quality of the studies currently available in the literature.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Drs. Catherine Mohr, Mario Morino, Stephan Myers, Chan W. Park, Gitana Scozzari, and Michael Wayne, for either providing us with requested additional data or clarifying data for us.

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    1. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 101 Merrimack Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

      Konstantinos P. Economopoulos

    2. Society of Junior Doctors, Athens, Greece

      Konstantinos P. Economopoulos, Vasileios Theocharidis & Theodoros N. Sergentanis

    3. School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

      Vasileios Theocharidis

    4. Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

      Travis J. McKenzie

    5. Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

      Theodoros N. Sergentanis & Theodora Psaltopoulou

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    Economopoulos, K.P., Theocharidis, V., McKenzie, T.J. et al. Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. OBES SURG 25, 2180–2189 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-015-1870-9

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