| GLOBOCAN | Global Cancer Observatory |
| vNOTES | Vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery |
| MeSH | Medical Subject Headings |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis |
| NOS | Newcastle–Ottawa Scale |
| ΝΙH | National Institute of Health |
| JBI | Joanna Briggs Institute |
| vNOTES-H | Vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery-Hysterectomy |
| VH | vaginal hysterectomy |
| BMI | median body mass index |
| SLND | sentinel lymph node dissection |
| PLND | pelvic lymph node dissection |
| MIS | minimally invasive surgery |
| SPLS | single-port laparoscopy |
| CL | conventional laparoscopy |
| ML | multiport laparoscopy |
| EBL | estimated blood loss |
| SLN | sentinel lymph node |
| ICG | indocyanine green |
| RA-vNOTES | Robot-Assisted Vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery |
| VAS | visual analog score |
| RSP | Robotic single port |