Baseline characteristics of the included studies
| Author | Year | Country | Journal | Design | Included population | Sample size | Pancreas-enteric anastomosis technique | ||||
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| Total | Robotic | Laparoscopic | Hybrid laparoscopic–robotic | Open | |||||||
| Ajay et al. [15] | 2023 | USA | Retrospective observational | Patients undergoing central pancreatectomy | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Open: pancreatogastrostomy Robotic: pancreatogastrostomy |
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| Wang et al. [16] | 2024 | Taiwan | Retrospective observational | Patients undergoing central pancreatectomy | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | Open: pancreaticojejunostomy Robotic: pancreaticojejunostomy |
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| Yang et al. [17] | 2023 | China | Retrospective observational | Patients undergoing central pancreatectomy | 33 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 21 | Open: pancreaticojejunostomy Laparoscopic: pancreaticojejunostomy |
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| Huynh et al. [18] | 2022 | Korea | Retrospective observational | Patients undergoing central pancreatectomy | 31 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | Open: pancreaticojejunostomy or pancreatogastrostomy Laparoscopic: pancreaticojejunostomy Robotic: pancreaticojejunostomy or pancreatogastrostomy |
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| Zhang et al. [19] | 2017 | China | Retrospective observational | Patients undergoing central pancreatectomy | 36 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 19 | Open: pancreaticojejunostomy Laparoscopic: pancreaticojejunostomy |
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| Chen et al. [20] | 2017 | China | Randomized controlled trial | Patients undergoing central pancreatectomy | 100 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | Open: pancreatogastrostomy Robotic: pancreatogastrostomy |
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| Song et al. [21] | 2015 | Korea | Retrospective observational | Patients undergoing central pancreatectomy | 40 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 14 | Open: pancreaticojejunostomy Laparoscopic: pancreaticojejunostomy |
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