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. 2023 Sep 1;278(3):e563-e569.
doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005687. Epub 2022 Aug 24.

Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Increased Adoption and Improved Outcomes: Is Laparoscopy Still Justified?

Hussein H Khachfe  1 , Ibrahim Nassour  2 , Abdulrahman Y Hammad  1 , Jacob C Hodges  3 , Samer AlMasri  1 , Hao Liu  1 , Anissa deSilva  1 , Jasmine Kraftician  1 , Kenneth K Lee  1 , Henry A Pitt  4 , Amer H Zureikat  1 , Alessandro Paniccia  1
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Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Increased Adoption and Improved Outcomes: Is Laparoscopy Still Justified?

Hussein H Khachfe et al. Ann Surg. .

Abstract

Objective: To compare the rate of postoperative 30-day complications between laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) and robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD).

Background: Previous studies suggest that minimally invasive pancreaticoduodenectomy (MI-PD)-either LPD or RPD-is noninferior to open pancreaticoduodenectomy in terms of operative outcomes. However, a direct comparison of the two minimally invasive approaches has not been rigorously performed.

Methods: Patients who underwent MI-PD were abstracted from the 2014 to 2019 pancreas-targeted American College of Surgeons National Sample Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) dataset. Optimal outcome was defined as absence of postoperative mortality, serious complication, percutaneous drainage, reoperation, and prolonged length of stay (75th percentile, 11 days) with no readmission. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to compare optimal outcome of RPD and LPD.

Results: A total of 1540 MI-PDs were identified between 2014 and 2019, of which 885 (57%) were RPD and 655 (43%) were LPD. The rate of RPD cases/year significantly increased from 2.4% to 8.4% ( P =0.008) from 2014 to 2019, while LPD remained unchanged. Similarly, the rate of optimal outcome for RPD increased during the study period from 48.2% to 57.8% ( P <0.001) but significantly decreased for LPD (53.5% to 44.9%, P <0.001). During 2018-2019, RPD outcomes surpassed LPD for any complication [odds ratio (OR)=0.58, P =0.004], serious complications (OR=0.61, P =0.011), and optimal outcome (OR=1.78, P =0.001).

Conclusions: RPD adoption increased compared with LPD and was associated with decreased overall complications, serious complications, and increased optimal outcome compared with LPD in 2018-2019.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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FIGURE 1.
Change in percentage of MI-PD approaches from 2014 to 2019.
FIGURE 2.
FIGURE 2.
Trends of optimal outcome between RPD (A) and LPD (B).
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