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Multi-institutional Study on the Assessment of Robotic Surgery for Gastric Cancer
NCT01309256 · Yonsei University · Updated 4 June 2013
- What is being tested
- Not stated
- For
- Gastric Cancer
- Kind of study
- Watches patients without assigning a treatment. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 20 years and older. About 1,650 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- South Korea
- When
- Starts or started March 2011, ends Feb 2013. Registered 7 March 2011.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
Minimally invasive surgery revolutionized the field of gastric cancer surgery. The surgical robot was introduced to alleviate the difficulty of laparoscopic surgery. Although many studies have reported successful outcomes for robotic surgery, there is no multicenter prospective analysis regarding the advantage of the robotic gastrectomy. The aim of this study is to analyze the surgical outcomes of the robotic gastrectomy focusing on the learning curve, cost-effectiveness, quality of life, and acute-inflammatory reaction in comparison with laparoscopic gastrectomy.
Sites
- Severance HospitalSeoul, Seoul, South Korea