Table 2.
Clinical outcomes for randomized controlled trials by operative technique
| Study | Intraoperative outcomes | Postoperative outcomes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR time (min) | Intraoperative complications (%) | Conversions (%) | Length of stay (days), median (IQR) | Surgical site infection, N (%) | ||||||
| Robot | Lap | Robot | Lap | Robot | Lap | Robot | Lap | Robot | Lap | |
| Grochola, 2019 [27] | 85.5 (48–148) | 74 (31–135) | 40.0% | 46.7% | 6.7% | 10.0% | 1.9 (1–4) | 3.1 (1–26)a | 2 (3.3%) | 1 (3.3%) |
| Heemskerk, 2014 [32] | 86 | 48a | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Kudsi, 2017 [38] | 61 (27.5) | 44 (19.9)a | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 16.7hb | 13.9 hb | 2 (2.4%) | 1 (1.9%) |
| Pietrabissa, 2016 [46] | 98 (34) | 87 (30) | NR | NR | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.2 (1–3) | 1.2 (1–3) | 2 (6%) | 0 (0%) |
aValue statistically significant (p < 0.05) between the robotic and laparoscopic arms
bReported as mean, no standard deviation reported