In the quest for optimal gastric cancer surgery, a study of 11,173 patients in the US compared robotic and laparoscopic gastrectomy. The analysis revealed that robotic gastrectomy (RG) outshone laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) in terms of adequate lymphadenectomy, negative margins, shorter hospital stay, lower mortality, and superior 5-year overall survival. Propensity score matching affirmed RG’s superiority in lymphadenectomy. This suggests that RG not only matches but potentially surpasses LG, marking a significant stride in the landscape of minimally invasive gastric cancer surgery.
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