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- Title
Minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer: the American experience.
- Authors
Hollenbeak, Christopher; Greenleaf, Erin; Sun, Susie; Wong, Joyce
- Abstract
Background: Minimally invasive surgical techniques are increasingly being implemented in oncologic care. This study assesses the impact of minimally invasive surgery on oncologic and perioperative outcomes in the management of gastric cancer in the USA. Methods: From the American College of Surgeons and American Cancer Society National Cancer Data Base, we identified 6427 patients who underwent gastrectomy for cancer from 2010 to 2012. Treatment groups were categorized with an intention-to-treat paradigm as robotic, laparoscopic, and open surgery. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to estimate the impact of the surgical approach on oncologic and perioperative outcomes. Results: Of patients undergoing definitive surgical intervention, 3.5 % ( n = 223) underwent robotic gastrectomy, 23.1 % ( n = 1487) underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy, and 73.4 % ( n = 4717) underwent open surgery. Minimally invasive gastrectomy was more frequently performed on white ( P = 0.018), privately insured patients ( P = 0.049) treated at academic centers ( P < 0.0001) in the eastern USA ( P < 0.0001). After demographics, comorbidities, and tumor-related factors had been controlled for, patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy had the postoperative length of stay decreased by 1.08 days ( P < 0.0001) and greater odds of having at least 15 lymph nodes resected (odds ratio 1.16, P = 0.023). Use of robotic surgery did not have a statistically significant effect on the postoperative length of stay relative to open surgery ( P = 0.222) but the patients so treated had greater odds of having at least 15 lymph nodes resected (odds ratio 1.51, P = 0.005). There were no differences in R0 resection rates or perioperative mortality on the basis of the surgical approach alone. Conclusions: These findings suggest that use of minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer in the USA is impacting the adequacy of oncologic resection but is not yet having a clinically significant impact on perioperative outcomes relative to a conventional open approach.
- Subjects
GASTROINTESTINAL cancer treatment; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; GASTRECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE care; ONCOLOGIC surgery
- Publication
Gastric Cancer, 2017, Vol 20, Issue 2, p368
- ISSN
1436-3291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10120-016-0605-5