Robotic versus laparoscopic gastrectomy with lymph node dissection for gastric cancer: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

DiscussionAlthough its short-term outcomes have been proven comparable to LG in comparative studies, use of RG remains restricted, partly due to the lack of informative RCTs pertaining to it. To evaluate the surgical and oncological outcomes of RG, we therefore undertake a prospective RCT. The obtained results will be useful for reducing the restrictions and for adaptive expansion of RG for patients with GC.Trial registrationUniversity Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry, ID:UMIN000031536. Registered on 1 March 2017.
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