Robot-assisted gastrectomy (RAG) outperformed laparoscopic-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) in malnourished gastric cancer patients in terms of achieving a textbook outcome (TO), with higher operative time, lymph nodes harvested, and lower blood loss and hospital stay. RAG was an independent protective factor for TO, leading to better adjuvant chemotherapy compliance, faster nutritional recovery, and increased malnutrition reversal rates compared to LAG.
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