To report health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes measured through the SF-36 Health Survey in patients who received either robotic liver resection (RLR) or open liver resection (OLR).
Approach:
Cohort Selection: Retrospective analysis of patients who underwent liver resection from February 2014 to September 2022, including both benign and malignant cases, while excluding ALPPS patients.
HRQoL Assessment: Utilized the SF-36 Health Survey, administered via telephone interviews, to evaluate eight dimensions of quality of life.
Data Collection: Conducted telephone interviews between January 2023 and March 2024, collecting additional clinical data from electronic medical records.
Statistical Analysis: Applied Mann–Whitney U test for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables, with multivariable linear regression for SF-36 domain scores.
Key Findings:
303 liver resections performed on 300 patients, with 189 undergoing RLR and 111 OLR.
Final analysis included 226 patients: 155 in RLR group and 64 in OLR group.
HRQoL outcomes indicated that patients in the RLR group reported higher scores in several dimensions of the SF-36 compared to those in the OLR group.
Interpretation:
Limitations:
Retrospective design may introduce selection bias.
Exclusion of patients undergoing ALPPS limits generalizability.
by Paolo Magistri, Beatrice Pelloni, Giuseppe Esposito, Roberto Boni, Roberta Odorizzi, Daniela Caracciolo, Silvia Zamboni, Jacopo Mascherini, Barbara Catellani, Cristiano Guidetti, Stefano Di Sandro, Gian Piero Guerrini, Fabrizio Di Benedetto
