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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Probl Surg. 2018 Aug 8;55(6):198–246. doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2018.07.001

Table 2.

Summary of short-term outcomes of robotic, laparoscopic, and open gastrectomy.

Reference, Year Study Design Approach Total/Subtotal
Gastrectomy
Operative time
(minutes)
Blood loss
(mL)
Number retrieved
lymph nodes
Conversion
(%)
Morbidity
(%)
Mortality
(%)
Pugliese and collegues (2010)44 Nonrandomized R 18 0/18 344 90 25 2 6 6.2
Retrospective L 52 0/52 235 148 31 3 12.5 2
Kim and collegues (2009)45 Nonrandomized R 16 0/16 259.2 30.3 41.1 0 0 0
Retrospective L 11 0/11 203.9 44.7 37.4 0 9 0
O 12 0/12 126.7 78.8 43.3 - 16 -
Caruso and collegues (2011)46 Nonrandomized R 29 12/17 290 197.6 28.0 - 41.4 0
Retrospective O 120 37/83 222 386.1 31.7 - 42.5 3.3
Woo and collegues (2011)47 Nonrandomized R 236 62/172 219.5 91.6 39.0 0 11 0.3
Retrospective L 591 108/481 170.7 147.9 37.4 0 13.7 0.4
Eom and collegues (2012)48 Nonrandomized R 30 0/30 229.1 152.8 30.2 0 13 0
Retrospective L 62 0/62 189.4 88.3 33.4 0 6 0
Kang and collegues (2012)49 Nonrandomized R 100 16/84 202 93.2 - - 14.0 0
Retrospective L 282 37/245 173 173.4 - - 10.3 0
Yoon and collegues (2012)50 Nonrandomized R 36 36/0 305.8 214.2 42.8 0 16.7 0
Retrospective L 65 65/0 210.2 150.3 39.4 0 15.4 0
Huang and collegues (2012)51 Nonrandomized R 39 7/32 430 50 32 - 15.4 -
Retrospective L 64 7/57 350 100 26 - 15.6 -
O 586 179/407 320 400 34 - 14.7 -
Kim and collegues52 Nonrandomized R 436 109/327 226 85 40.2 - 10.1 0.5
Retrospective L 861 158/703 176 112 37.6 - 9.4 0.3
O 4542 1232/3309 158 192 40.5 - 10.7 0.5
Park and collegues53 Nonrandomized R 30 0/30 218 75 34 0 5 0
Retrospective L 120 0/120 140 60 35 0 9 0
Uyama and collegues (2012)54 Nonrandomized R 25 0/25 361 51.8 44.3 0 11.2 0
Retrospective L 225 0/225 345 81.0 43.2 0 16.9 0
Hyun and collegues (2012)55 Nonrandomized R 38 9/29 234.4 131.3 32.8 0 47.3 0
Retrospective L 83 18/65 220.0 130.5 32.6 0 38.5 0
Suda and collegues (2014)56 Nonrandomized R 88 30/58 381 46 40 0 2.3 1.1
Retrospective L 438 136/302 361 34 38 0 11.4 0.2
Son and collegues (2014)57 Nonrandomized R 51 51/0 264.1 163.4 47.2 0 15.7 2.0
Retrospective L 58 58/0 210.3 210.7 42.8 - 22.4 0
Noshiro and collegues (2014)58 Nonrandomized R 21 0/21 439 96 44 0 9.5 0
Retrospective L 161 0/161 315 115 40 0 10.0 0
Junfeng and collegues (2014)59 Nonrandomized R 120 26/92 (PG:2) 234.8 118.3 34.6 0 5.8 -
Retrospective L 394 118/261 (PG:115) 221.3 137.6 32.7 0 4.3 -
Huang and collegues (2014)60 Nonrandomized R 72 8/64 357.9 79.6 30.6 - 12.5 1.4
Retrospective L 73 10/63 319.8 116.0 28.1 - - -

L, laparoscopic; O; open gastrectomy; PG, proximal subtotal gastrectomy; R, robotic gastrectomy.

Table adapted from Cassidy M, Gholami S, Strong V Minimally invasive surgery: the emerging role in gastric surgery Surg Oncol Clin N Am 26(2017) 193–21243; with permission.