Open Access<p>Comparison Between Robotic and Laparoscopic or Open Anastomoses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis</p>
Author(s) -
Ioannis D. Kostakis,
Harkiran Sran,
Raphael Uwechue,
Pankaj Chandak,
Jonathon Olsburgh,
Nizam Mamode,
Ioannis Loukopoulos,
Nicos Kessaris
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
robotic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2324-5344
DOI - 10.2147/rsrr.s186768
Subject(s) - anastomosis , medicine , surgery , meta analysis , laparoscopy , robotic surgery , general surgery , stenosis
Robotic surgery has been increasingly used in fashioning various surgical anastomoses. Our aim was to collect and analyze outcomes related to anastomoses performed using a robotic approach and compare them with those done using laparoscopic or open approaches through meta-analysis.