Long-term outcomes of robotic gastrectomy for clinical stage I gastric cancer: a single-center prospective phase II study.

Makoto HikageMasanori TokunagaKenichiro FurukawaKeiichi FujiyaSatoshi KamiyaYutaka TanizawaEtsuro BandoMasanori Terashima

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2020)

Long-term outcomes of RG was comparable to those of open and laparoscopic gastrectomy when the surgeries were performed by experienced surgeons in a high-volume center.

Keyphrases

phase ii study
minimally invasive
robot assisted
open label
locally advanced
quality improvement
placebo controlled
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
thoracic surgery