Robotic assistant vs human assistant: Conversion to open cholecystectomy
It is very uncertain whether robotic assistant changes conversion to open cholecystectomy compared with human assistant (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Robotic assistant vs human assistant Conversion to open cholecystectomy · patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It is very uncertain whether robotic assistant changes conversion to open cholecystectomy compared with human assistant (very low certainty). Robot assistant versus human or another robot assistant in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2012) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.9 [0.25, 3.2] | 2 studies · 133 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robot assistant versus human or another robot assistant in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.