Abstract:Objective To investigate the safety, feasibility, and short-term clinical efficacy of Da Vinci robot-assisted radical total gastrectomy for proximal gastric cancer with spleen-preserving splenic hilar lymph node dissection, in order to clarify whether the Da Vinci robot has advantages over conventional laparoscopy for spleen-preserving splenic hilar lymph node dissection.Methods Retrospective analysis and selection of 119 patients with proximal gastric cancer who underwent radical total gastrectomy with spleen-preserving splenic hilar lymph node dissection from January 2017 to December 2020, of which 62 cases underwent Da Vinci robot radical total gastrectomy and 57 cases underwent laparoscopic radical total gastrectomy. The general information, intraoperative postoperative, and complication conditions were compared between the two group.Results There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in the comparison of general data of age, gender composition, BMI, TNM stage, tumor diameter, pT stage, pN stage, degree of differentiation, pathological type and tumor site (P > 0.05). The robotic group had less intraoperative bleeding than the laparoscopic group (P < 0.05), more total lymph node dissection than the laparoscopic group (P < 0.05), more lymph nodes at the first station than the laparoscopic group (P < 0.05), and the first postoperative venting was earlier than the laparoscopic group (P < 0.05); the number of lymph nodes in the second station, the number of lymph nodes in the splenic portal, the positive rate of splenic portal lymph nodes, operative time, drainage tube extraction time, postoperative hospital stay, and postoperative complications were not statistically significant differences (P > 0.05).Conclusion Da Vinci robot-assisted radical total gastrectomy for proximal gastric cancer with spleen-preserving splenic hilar lymph node dissection is safe and feasible, and the robotic group may have certain advantages in total lymph node dissection, control of intraoperative bleeding, and bowel recovery.