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Robotic technology offers many potential advantages to surgeons, including 3-dimensional vision and precision; the dexterity that is possible with robotic surgery surpasses that of even the most skilled surgeons. Clinicians at one academic institution evaluated their experience with robotic-assisted gynecologic surgery.
Fifty-one women who underwent robot-assisted radical hysterectomy for early-stage cervical cancer were compared with 49 historical controls who underwent open hysterectomy before implementation of a robotics program. The robotic cohort had shorter mean operating time, shorter mean hospital stay, lower mean estimated blood loss, lower incidence of complications, and removal of more lymph nodes.
One hundred three women who under…