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• TITLE: Does robotic surgical staging of endometrial cancer compromise outcomes?

  AUTHORS: Holly Sato, Brent DuBeshter, Amber Robins, Cynthia Angel, Eugene Toy, Sajeena Thomas

  KEYWORDS: Endometrial Cancer; Surgical Staging; Robotic-Assisted Hysterectomy; Outcomes; Recurrence

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.3 No.1, January 11, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Objective: To compare intra-operative and post-operative complications as well as recurrence in women withendometrial cancer undergoing surgical stagingwith robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy (RALH)versus total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). Methods: A retrospective review was performed of 416 patients who underwent surgical staging for endometrial adenocarcinoma from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2010. Demographics,intraand post-operative complications, surgical-pathologic data, subsequent treatments, and recurrence were compared in women treated with TAH versus RALH. A Student’st-test, Mann Whitney U analysis, or chi-squared analysis were used for statistical analysis. Results: One hundred thirty seven and 279 patients underwent TAH and RALH, respectively. Post-operative complications were lower in the RALH group (16.8% vs 8.2%, p = 0.009) and mean hospital stay for the TAH group versus the RALH group was 3 days versus 1 day (p