Journal: Journal of robotic surgery
This retrospective cohort study compared robot-assisted minimally invasive gastrectomy (RAMIG) to open gastrectomy (OG) in 138 patients with resectable gastric cancer.
Key findings for RAMIG included:
- Significantly lower postoperative opioid consumption
- Reduced pain scores during mobilization on days 5 and 7
- Lower pain scores at rest on day 7
- Shorter ICU/intermediate care stays and overall hospital stays
- Less intraoperative blood loss
However, the operative time was longer compared to OG.
These results suggest that RAMIG offers improved pain control and faster recovery, supporting its use as a patient-centered surgical approach. Confirmation by prospective randomized trials is still needed.