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Therefore, we performed this systematic review and meta-analysis of case\u2013control studies to systematically compare the effect of lymph node dissection and the incidence of vocal cord palsy between RAMIE and MIE. The PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched up to December 1, 2019, for case\u2013control studies that compared RAMIE with MIE. Thirteen articles were included, with a total of 1,749 patients with esophageal cancer, including 866 patients in the RAMIE group and 883 patients in the MIE group. RAMIE yielded significantly larger numbers of total dissected lymph nodes (WMD\u2009=\u20091.985; 95% CI, 0.448\u20133.523; P\u2009=\u20090.011) and abdominal lymph nodes (WMD\u2009=\u20091.686; 95% CI, 0.420\u20132.951; P\u2009=\u20090.009) as well as lymph nodes along RLN (WMD\u2009=\u20090.729; 95% CI, 0.348\u20131.109; P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) than MIE. Additionally, RAMIE could significantly decrease estimated blood loss (WMD\u2009=\u2009-11.208; 95% CI, -19.358 to -3.058; P\u2009=\u20090.007) and the incidence of vocal cord palsy (OR\u2009=\u20090.624; 95% CI, 0.411\u20130.947; P\u2009=\u20090.027) compared to MIE. Compared with MIE, RAMIE resulted in a higher total lymph node yield and a higher lymph node yield in the abdomen and along RLN, along with reduced blood loss during surgery and the incidence of vocal cord palsy. Therefore, RAMIE could be considered to be a standard treatment, with less blood loss, lower incidence of vocal cord palsy, and more radical lymph node dissection, exhibiting superiority over MIE.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/dote\/doaa050","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,25]],"date-time":"2020-06-25T03:33:43Z","timestamp":1593056023000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Does robot-assisted minimally invasive oesophagectomy have superiority over thoraco-laparoscopic minimally invasive oesophagectomy in lymph node dissection?"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Xiao-Kun","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jingling Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jingling 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