Contrast study of short-term effect between the Da Vinci surgical robot and laparoscopic technology in patients after distal gastric cancer surgery        ZHAO Kun，PAN Hua-feng，WANG Gang，et al. Department of General Surgery, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Nanjing 210002, China
Corresponding author:JIANG Zhi-wei,E-mail:surgery34@163.com
Abstract    Objective    To make a contrast between the Da Vinci surgical robot ( referred to as "robots") and laparoscopic technology in patients’ postoperative recovery after distal gastric cancer surgery. Methods    Thirty robotic distal gastric cancer patients as robotic group and 30 laparoscopic gastric cancer patients as compared group both admitted from January 2012 to May 2012 in Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command were analyzed. Perioperative situation was compared between the two groups. Results    The robotic group was better than the laparoscopic group in intraoperative bleeding, the surgical incision length, postoperative incision pain and the first feeding time (P < 0.05). There was no statistical significance in lymph node dissection and postoperative complications. Conclusion    Robot distal gastric cancer surgery is worthy of popularization and application for its less invasive surgery and quicker postoperative recover than laparoscopic surgery.