Background:With the rapid development of robotic surgery,especially for the abdominal surgery,robotic pancreatic surgery(RPS)has been applied increasingly around the world.However,evidence-based guidelines regarding i...Background:With the rapid development of robotic surgery,especially for the abdominal surgery,robotic pancreatic surgery(RPS)has been applied increasingly around the world.However,evidence-based guidelines regarding its application,safety,and efficacy are still lacking.To harvest robust evidence and comprehensive clinical practice,this study aims to develop international guidelines on the use of RPS.Methods:World Health Organization(WHO)Handbook for Guideline Development,GRADE Grid method,Delphi vote,and the AGREE-II instrument were used to establish the Guideline Steering Group,Guideline Development Group,and Guideline Secretary Group,formulate 19 clinical questions,develop the recommendations,and draft the guidelines.Three online meetings were held on 04/12/2020,30/11/2021,and 25/01/2022 to vote on the recommendations and get advice and suggestions from all involved experts.All the experts focusing on minimally invasive surgery from America,Europe and Oceania made great contributions to this consensus guideline.Results:After a systematic literature review 176 studies were included,19 questions were addressed and 14 recommendations were developed through the expert assessment and comprehensive judgment of the quality and credibility of the evidence.Conclusions:The international RPS guidelines can guide current practice for surgeons,patients,medical societies,hospital administrators,and related social communities.Further randomized trials are required to determine the added value of RPS as compared to open and laparoscopic surgery.展开更多
文摘Background:With the rapid development of robotic surgery,especially for the abdominal surgery,robotic pancreatic surgery(RPS)has been applied increasingly around the world.However,evidence-based guidelines regarding its application,safety,and efficacy are still lacking.To harvest robust evidence and comprehensive clinical practice,this study aims to develop international guidelines on the use of RPS.Methods:World Health Organization(WHO)Handbook for Guideline Development,GRADE Grid method,Delphi vote,and the AGREE-II instrument were used to establish the Guideline Steering Group,Guideline Development Group,and Guideline Secretary Group,formulate 19 clinical questions,develop the recommendations,and draft the guidelines.Three online meetings were held on 04/12/2020,30/11/2021,and 25/01/2022 to vote on the recommendations and get advice and suggestions from all involved experts.All the experts focusing on minimally invasive surgery from America,Europe and Oceania made great contributions to this consensus guideline.Results:After a systematic literature review 176 studies were included,19 questions were addressed and 14 recommendations were developed through the expert assessment and comprehensive judgment of the quality and credibility of the evidence.Conclusions:The international RPS guidelines can guide current practice for surgeons,patients,medical societies,hospital administrators,and related social communities.Further randomized trials are required to determine the added value of RPS as compared to open and laparoscopic surgery.