Table 10: Length of Stay (LOS) In-Hospital for Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy, Endoscopic Laparoscopy and Open Surgery for Gynecological and Prostate Cancers from the Clinical Literature Review.

Cancer Type	Surgical Approach
Gynecology	Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy			Open Surgery
	Mean LOS (days)	SD	Total	Mean LOS (days)	SD	Total
DeNardis 2008	1	0.5	56	3.2	1.2	106
Magrina 2008	1.7	0.9	27	3.6	1.2	35
Bell 2008	2.3	1.3	40	4	1.5	40
Estape 2009	2.6	2.1	32	4	1.7	14
Maggioni 2009	3.7	1.2	40	5	2.4	40
Boggess 2008	1	0.2	103	4.4	2	138
			298			373
Weighted Average	1.77			3.99
Gynecology	Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy			Endoscopic Laparoscopy
	Mean LOS (days)	SD	Total	Mean LOS (days)	SD	Total
Magrina 2008	1.7	0.9	27	2.4	1.5	31
Cardenas 2010	1.88	1.67	102	2.31	2.21	173
Estape 2009	2.6	2.1	32	2.3	1.4	17
Bell 2008	2.3	1.3	40	2	1.2	30
Boggess 2008	1	0.2	103	1.2	0.5	81
			304			332
Weighted Average	1.70			2.02
Weighted Average	1.73
Prostate	Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy			Open Surgery
	Mean LOS (days)	SD	Total	Mean LOS (days)	SD	Total
Ou 2009	7.33	2.32	30	8.37	2.22	30
D'Alonzo 2009	1.83	3.21	256	2.33	1.08	280
Wood 2007	1.2	0.84	117	1.3	0.95	89
			403			399
Weighted Average	2.06			2.55
Prostate	Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy			Endoscopic Laparoscopy
	Mean LOS (days)	SD	Total	Mean LOS (days)	SD	Total
Rozet 2007	5.4	NA	133	4.9	NA	133
Hakimi 2009	1.95	NA	75	3.4	NA	75
Srinualnad 2008	6.9	2	34	8	2.8	34
Ploussard 2009	4.4	2.5	83	4.6	1.7	205
			325			447
Weighted Average	4.51			4.75
Weighted Average	3.15

SD, standard deviation.