Fujita Health University Reports Findings in Gastrectomy (Safe implementation of robotic distal gastrectomy performed by non-endoscopic surgical skill qualification system-qualified surgeons): Surgery – Gastrectomy

Japan Daily Report

2022 AUG 03 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Japan Daily Report -- New research on Surgery - Gastrectomy is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Aichi, Japan, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Robotic gastrectomy (RG) for gastric cancer (GC) was approved for national medical insurance coverage in April, 2018, since when its use has increased dramatically throughout Japan. However, the safety of RG performed by surgeons who are not Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification System (ESSQS)-qualified has yet to be established.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Fujita Health University, “We conducted this study to verify the short-term outcomes of the initial series of RG procedures performed by non-ESSQS-qualified surgeons. Between January, 2020 and December, 2021, 30 patients with clinical Stage I and II GC underwent RG performed by four non-ESSQS-qualified surgeons according to the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery guideline. We evaluated, retrospectively, the morbidity rates according to Clavien-Dindo (CD) classification grade II or higher. Each operating surgeon completed all procedures without any serious intraoperative adverse events. The median operative time, console time, and estimated blood loss were 413 (308-547) min, 361 (264-482) min, and 25.5 (4-167) mL, respectively. No patient required conversion to laparoscopic or open surgery. Three (10%) patients suffered CD grade II complications postoperatively. The median postoperative hospitalization was 11 (8-51) days.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Non-ESSQS-qualified surgeons trained by expert RG surgeons could perform robotic distal gastrectomy safely for initial cases.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Safe implementation of robotic distal gastrectomy performed by non-endoscopic surgical skill qualification system-qualified surgeons. Surgery Today, 2022. Surgery Today can be contacted at: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States. (Springer - www.springer.com; Surgery Today - http://www.springerlink.com/content/0941-1291/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Yusuke Umeki, Dept. of Surgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan. Additional authors for this research include Susumu Shibasaki, Masaya Nakauchi, Akiko Serizawa, Kenichi Nakamura, Shingo Akimoto, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Kazuki Inaba, Ichiro Uyama and Koichi Suda.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-022-02553-0. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.