Robotic versus laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

BB Albright, T Witte, AN Tofte, J Chou, JD Black… - Journal of minimally …, 2016 - Elsevier
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the safety and effectiveness
of robotic vs laparoscopic hysterectomy in women with benign uterine disease, as …

Robotic surgery in gynecology

J Bouquet de Joliniere, A Librino, JB Dubuisson… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) can be considered as the greatest surgical innovation over
the past 30 years. It revolutionized surgical practice with well-proven advantages over …

Uterine cancer after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy without hysterectomy in women with BRCA mutations

CA Shu, MC Pike, AR Jotwani, TM Friebel… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The link betweenBRCAmutations and uterine cancer is unclear. Therefore,
although risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) is standard treatment among …

Robot-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy: a contemporary analysis of an all-payer discharge database

JJ Leow, SL Chang, CP Meyer, Y Wang, J Hanske… - European urology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background More than a decade since its inception, the benefits and cost efficiency of robot-
assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) continue to elicit controversy. Objective To compare …

Medical robotics and computer-integrated surgery

RH Taylor, A Menciassi, G Fichtinger, P Fiorini… - Springer handbook of …, 2016 - Springer
The growth of medical robotics since the mid-1980s has been striking. From a few initial
efforts in stereotactic brain surgery, orthopaedics, endoscopic surgery, microsurgery, and …

[HTML][HTML] Multicenter analysis comparing robotic, open, laparoscopic, and vaginal hysterectomies performed by high-volume surgeons for benign indications

PC Lim, JT Crane, EJ English, RW Farnam… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To compare perioperative outcomes between robotic-assisted benign
hysterectomies and abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopic hysterectomies when performed …

Effect of regional hospital competition and hospital financial status on the use of robotic-assisted surgery

JD Wright, AI Tergas, JY Hou, WM Burke, L Chen… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite the lack of efficacy data, robotic-assisted surgery has diffused rapidly
into practice. Marketing to physicians, hospitals, and patients has been widespread, but how …

Comparative effectiveness of minimally invasive hysterectomy for endometrial cancer

JD Wright, WM Burke, AI Tergas, JY Hou… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Despite the potential benefits of minimally invasive hysterectomy for uterine cancer,
population-level data describing the procedure's safety in unselected patients are lacking …

Efficacy and cost of robotic hepatectomy: is the robot cost-prohibitive?

JG Sham, MK Richards, YD Seo, VG Pillarisetty… - Journal of robotic …, 2016 - Springer
Robotic technology is being utilized in multiple hepatobiliary procedures, including hepatic
resections. The benefits of minimally invasive surgical approaches have been well …

Trends in inpatient and outpatient hysterectomy and oophorectomy rates among commercially insured women in the United States, 2000-2014

KM Doll, SB Dusetzina, W Robinson - JAMA surgery, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| Using the Truven Health Analytics Commercial Claims and Encounters Database,
commercial insurance data representing more than 50 million insured adults and containing …