2019 Volume 35 Issue 1 Pages 60-67
Objective: We analyzed the safety and feasibility of introducing robotic surgery for cervical cancer at our facility.
Design: We studied complications and outcomes of robotic surgery in our first 10 uterine cervical cancer cases.
Setting: Between June 2014 and April 2016, we performed robotic surgery on 10 cases.
Patients: All 10 had uterine cervical cancer IA1-IIA1.
Interventions: Operations for uterine cervical cancer were performed using a surgical robot (da Vinci Si Surgical System)
Main outcome: There were no intraoperative complications, but 1 case had grade 2 ulnar nerve injury, 2 grade 1 subcutaneous emphysema as postoperative complications. None of our cases experienced disease recurrence.
Results: There were no intraoperative complications, but 1 case had grade 2 and 2 had grade1 postoperative complications. None of our patients had recurrent cervical cancer.
Conclusion: We were able to introduce robotic surgery for uterine cervical cancer without severe complications and no recurrences were detected during a 2-years follow-up period.
