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Published in final edited form as: Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Jun;60(2):330–348. doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000286

TABLE 2.

Selected Publications on Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery in Endometrial Cancer

References	No. Patients	Findings
Gehrig et al³⁴	49 RA-TLH 32 TLH	Examined outcomes in morbidly obese patients Robotic group had shorter OR time, lower EBL, LOS, and increase LN counts when compared with laparoscopy group
Walker et al^2,4	920 TAH 1696 TLH	Landmark RCT demonstrated superiority of laparoscopy over laparotomy in endometrial cancer staging TLH lower EBL, LOS, and fewer postoperative complications Recurrence and 5-year survival rates similar to laparotomy
Gaia et al³⁰	606 TAH 396 TLH 589 RA-TLH	Systematic review of 8 studies RA-TLH lower EBL than TLH but otherwise 2 approaches have similar Complication rates similar across all 3 approaches
Chan et al³⁵	567 TAH 98 TLH 422 RA-TLH	Analysis using National Inpatient Sample Complication rates TAH 23%, TLH 13%, and RA-TLH 8% TLH and RA-TLH had fewer complications and shorter LOS than laparotomy patients Robotics more expensive than laparoscopy

EBL indicates estimated blood loss; LN, lymph node; LOS, length of stay; RA-TLH, robotic-assisted hysterectomy; RCT, randomized controlled trial; TAH, total abdominal hysterectomy; TLH, total laparoscopic hysterectomy.