Clinical Feasibility of Vascular Navigation System During Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Retrospective Comparison With Propensity-Score Matching

The usability of a new surgical navigation system that provides patient-specific vascular information for robotic gastrectomy in gastric cancer remains unexplored for laparoscopic gastrectomy owing to differences in surgical environments. This study aimed to evaluate the applicability and safety of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of gastric cancer 2024, 24(4), , pp.356-366
Hauptverfasser: Jung, Ji Eun, Song, Jeong Ho, Oh, Seyeol, Son, Sang-Yong, Hur, Hoon, Kwon, In Gyu, Han, Sang-Uk
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Zusammenfassung:The usability of a new surgical navigation system that provides patient-specific vascular information for robotic gastrectomy in gastric cancer remains unexplored for laparoscopic gastrectomy owing to differences in surgical environments. This study aimed to evaluate the applicability and safety of this navigation system in laparoscopic gastrectomy and to compare the post-operative outcomes between procedures with and without its use. Between June 2022 and July 2023, 38 patients across 2 institutions underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy using a navigation system (navigation group). The technical feasibility, safety, and accuracy of detecting variations in vascular anatomy were measured. The perioperative outcomes were compared with 114 patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy without a navigation system (non-navigation group) using 1:3 propensity score matching during the same study period. In all patients in the navigation group, no adverse events associated with the navigation system occurred during surgery in any patient in the navigation group. No accidental vessel injuries necessitate auxiliary procedures. All vessels encountered during the gastrectomy were successfully reconstructed and visualized. Patient demographics and operative data were comparable between the 2 groups. The navigation group exhibited a significantly lower overall complication rate (10.5%) than the non-navigation group (26.3%, P=0.043). Notably, pancreas-related complications were absent in the navigation group but occurred in eight cases in the non-navigation group (7.0%, P=0.093), although the difference was not statistically significant. The patient-specific surgical navigation system demonstrated clinical feasibility and safety for laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer, potentially reducing complication rates compared with laparoscopic gastrectomy without its use.
ISSN:2093-582X
2093-5641
2093-5641
DOI:10.5230/jgc.2024.24.e35