Intraoperative performance and outcomes of robotic and laparoscopic total gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A high‐volume center retrospective propensity score matching study

Abstract

Robotic total gastrectomy demonstrated better intraoperative performance, could improve the short-term clinical outcomes of patients, and was more conducive to patient recovery. However, the long-term efficacies of the two approaches were similar. Robotic surgical systems may reduce surgical stress responses in patients, allowing them to receive postoperative chemotherapy sooner.