Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Department of Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Ann Surg. 2021 Jul 1;274(1):128-137. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003845.
To compare long-term outcomes between robotic and LG approaches using propensity score weighting based on a generalized boosted method to control for selection bias.
Minimally invasive surgical approaches for GC are increasing, yet limited evidence exists for long-term outcomes of robotic gastrectomy (RG).
Patients (n = 2084) with GC stages I-III who underwent LG or RG between 2009 and 2017 were analyzed. Generalized boosted method was used to estimate a propensity score derived from all available preoperative characteristics. Long-term outcomes were compared using the adjusted Kaplan-Meier method and the weighted Cox proportional hazards regression model.
After propensity score weighting, the population was balanced. Patients who underwent RG showed reduced blood loss (16 mL less, P = 0.025), sufficient lymph node harvest from the initial period, and no changes in surgical outcomes over time. With 52-month median follow-up, no difference was noted in 5-year overall survival in unweighted [91.5% in LG vs 94% in RG; hazard ratio (HR), 0.71; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.46-1.1; P = 0.126] and weighted populations (94.2% in LG vs 93.2% in RG; HR, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.52-1.48; P = 0.636). There were no differences in 5-year recurrence-free survival (RFS), with unweighted 5-year RFS of 95.4% for LG and 95.2% for RG (HR, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.55-1.64; P = 0.845) and weighted 5-year RFS of 96.3% for LG and 95.3% for RG (HR, 1.24; 95% CI, 0.66-2.33; P = 0.498).
After balancing covariates, RG demonstrated reliable surgical outcomes from the beginning. Long-term survival after RG and LG for GC was similar.
使用广义提升方法基于倾向评分加权比较机器人和 LG 方法的长期结果,以控制选择偏差。
用于 GC 的微创外科方法正在增加,但机器人胃切除术 (RG) 的长期结果证据有限。
分析了 2009 年至 2017 年间接受 LG 或 RG 的 GC 分期 I-III 患者 (n = 2084)。使用广义提升方法从所有可用的术前特征中估计倾向评分。使用调整后的 Kaplan-Meier 方法和加权 Cox 比例风险回归模型比较长期结果。
在进行倾向评分加权后,人群得到了平衡。接受 RG 的患者出血量减少(少 16 毫升,P = 0.025),初始时期淋巴结采集充足,并且手术结果随时间没有变化。中位随访 52 个月时,未加权人群中 5 年总生存率无差异[LG 为 91.5%,RG 为 94%;风险比 (HR),0.71;95%置信区间 (CI),0.46-1.1;P = 0.126]和加权人群(LG 为 94.2%,RG 为 93.2%;HR,0.88;95%CI,0.52-1.48;P = 0.636)。5 年无复发生存率(RFS)无差异,LG 的 5 年 RFS 为 95.4%,RG 为 95.2%(HR,0.95;95%CI,0.55-1.64;P = 0.845),LG 的 5 年 RFS 为 96.3%,加权后为 95.3%。RG(HR,1.24;95%CI,0.66-2.33;P = 0.498)。
在平衡协变量后,RG 从一开始就表现出可靠的手术结果。GC 后 RG 和 LG 的长期生存相似。