| P-POSSUM | Portsmouth POSSUM |
| POSSUM | Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity |
| ACS-NSQIP | The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program |
| NHS | The National Health Service |
| GO | Gynaecological–Oncological |
| RS | Robotic Surgery |
| VTE | Venous Thromboembolism |
| AUC | Area Under the Curve |
| MIS | Minimally Invasive Surgery |
| CPET | Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing |
| UK | The United Kingdom |
| LOS | Length of Stay |
| USA | The United States of America |
| RSNFT | Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust |
| ASA | American Society of Anesthesiologists |
| SIRS | Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| POMS | Postoperative Morbidity Survey |
| FIGO | The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
| CPT | Common Procedural Terminology |
| SSI | Surgical Site Infection |
| UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
| PE | Pulmonary Embolism |
| DVT | Deep Vein Thrombosis |
| NPO | Nil Per Os |
| NGT | NasoGastric Tube |
| POD4 | Post Operative Day 4 |
| GI | Gastro-Intestinal |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristic |
| EIN | Endometrial Intraepithelial Neoplasia |
| CIN | Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia |
| TLH | Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy |
| BSO | Bilateral Salpingo Oophorectomy |
| RF | Renal Failure |
| GP | General Practitioner |