A meta-analysis published in the Annals of Internal Medicine comparing robot-assisted abdominopelvic surgery with laparoscopy, open surgery or incidences where both were performed and found that robotic platforms demonstrated no obvious benefit.
The analysis, which includes 50 studies covering 4,898 patients, found that the majority showed no difference in intraoperative complications, conversion rates or long-term outcomes between robotic surgery and other formats.
Of the 39 that reported incidence of complications, four (10%) showed fewer complications with robot-assisted surgery.
