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Observational Study
. 2025 Apr;54(4):102917.
doi: 10.1016/j.jogoh.2025.102917. Epub 2025 Jan 30.

Robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic hysterectomy in endometrial cancer: An observational study in a French tertiary teaching hospital at the beginning of the learning curve

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Observational Study

Robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic hysterectomy in endometrial cancer: An observational study in a French tertiary teaching hospital at the beginning of the learning curve

Emma Bajeux et al. J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod. 2025 Apr.
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Abstract

Introduction: The role of Robotic Assisted Laparoscopy (RAL) versus conventional laparoscopy (CL) in the surgical treatment of endometrial cancer remains a matter of debate. We aimed to compare RAL and CL in terms of clinical outcomes (hospital stay characteristics and 3-month complications) in patients undergoing hysterectomy for endometrial cancer.

Materials and methods: We conducted a single-center, retrospective study in a tertiary teaching hospital comparing two groups of women who underwent hysterectomy for endometrial carcinoma by RAL performed by a surgeon during the beginning of learning curve, or CL.

Results: Of the 110 patients included, 56 were in the RAL group and 54 in the CL group. The patients in the RAL group were significantly older (71.6±8.7 vs 67.8±9.7, p=0.031) and had a higher BMI (33.1±7.0 vs 29.8±6.1, p=0.030) than those in the CL group. Operating room occupancy time was higher with RAL (4.6 hours±1.3 vs 3.5±1.3, p<0.001). Although less spinal analgesia was used in the RAL group (35% vs 74%, p<0.001), the patients in this group consumed less postoperative paracetamol (9.4g±5.3 vs 13.0±9.9, p=0.032) meaning faster recovery. Conversely, there was a higher rate of unplanned consultations during the 3-month follow-up in the RAL vs CL group (18.5% vs 3.6%, p=0.012).

Discussion: RAL was associated with less postoperative pain even at the beginning of learning curve. Surgeons were more likely to perform RAL than CL for older and/or obese patients, suggesting they intuitively consider RAL of added benefit for these patients.

Keywords: Endometrial cancer – Robot-assisted hysterectomy – laparoscopic hysterectomy; Hospital length of stay – Complications.

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