Table 4.
Distal and proximal margin outcomes
| Study | Distal margin | p Value | Proximal margin | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robot | Lap | Robot | Lap | |||
| Baik et al,26 mean ± SD | 4.0 ± 1.6 cm | 3.6 ± 1.7 cm | 0.497 | 10.9 ± 4.0 cm | 10.8 ± 4.3 cm | 0.971 |
| Patriti et al,36 mean ± SD | 2.1 ± 0.9 cm | 4.5 ± 7.2 cm | > 0.05 | — | — | — |
| Park et al,38 mean ± SD | 2.1 ± 1.4 cm | 2.3 ± 1.5 cm | 0.438 | 17.2 ± 6.2 cm | 18.5 ± 8.5 cm | 0.417 |
| Kwak et al,39 median (IQR) | 2.2 cm (1.5–3.0 cm) | 2.0 cm (1.2–3.5 cm) | 0.865 | — | — | — |
| D’Annibale et al,34 mean ± SD | 3 ± 1.1 cm | 3 ± 1.6 cm | 0.908 | — | — | — |
| Cho et al,31 mean ± SD | 2.0 ± 1.4 cm | 2.2 ± 1.4 cm | 0.161 | 10.8 ± 6.0 cm | 11.2 ± 6.1 cm | 0.536 |
| Park et al37, mean ± SD | 1.2 ± 0.8 cm | 1.2 ± 0.7 cm | 0.739 | 20.3 ± 7.4 cm | 21.0 ± 10.7 cm | 0.575 |
| Kim et al,16 mean ± SD | 2.2 ± 1.5 cm | 2.2 ± 1.7 cm | 0.95 | 17.4 ± 2.7 cm | 14.2 ± 6.0 cm | 0.15 |
| Huang et al,17 mean ± SD | 1.7 ± 1.4 cm | 1.7 ± 1.1 cm | 0.99 | 9.6 ± 3.4 cm | 11.0 ± 6.3 cm | 0.23 |
| Kim et al,32 mean ± SD | 2.3 ± 2.6 cm | 2.4 ± 2.2 cm | 0.3746 | — | — | — |
| Lim et al,18 mean ± SD | 1.7 ± 1.4 cm | 2.2 ± 1.5 cm | 0.339 | 12.8 ± 4.1 cm | 14.0 ± 5.1 cm | 0.070 |
| Valverde et al,27 distal margin > 1 mm | 98% | 87% | 0.61 | 17 ± 9 cm | 19 ± 10 cm | 0.17 |
| Kim et al,14 median (range) | 1.5 cm (0.04–6.7 cm) | 0.7 cm (0–2.5 cm) | 0.11 | 12.3 cm (4.7–35.8 cm) | 13.2 cm (6.8–29.0 cm) | 0.727 |
| Garfinkle et al,15 distal margin negative | 98.7% | 100% | — | — | — | — |
IQR = interquartile range; Lap = laparoscopic; SD = standard deviation.