Robotic Modified Radical Hysterectomy with Pelvic Lymphadenectomy

A Maggioni

doi:10.3332/ecancer.2008.55

Abstract

Radical hysterectomy, the complete removal of a woman’s uterus, is usually performed via an abdominal incision that requires a 3–5 day hospital stay and a 6–8 week recovery period. Now, in a handful of hospitals around the world, new robotic technology allows doctors to perform this procedure through small incisions that require a recovery time of only one night in the hospital and a significantly shorter recovery period at home. Watch such a procedure being carried out at the European Institute of Oncology.

Highlights

In a handful of hospitals around the world, new robotic technology allows doctors to perform this procedure through small incisions that require a recovery time of only one night in the hospital and a significantly shorter recovery period at home
The patient is a 37-year-old woman P0G0, who was diagnosed with a severe cervical dysplasia on a pap smear during a regular follow-up check-up visit
She underwent a biopsy that revealed a grade three invasive cervical squamous carcinoma, and she was referred to our institute

Summary

Introduction

Robotic modified radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy Division of Gynecologic Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy The complete removal of a woman's uterus, is usually performed via an abdominal incision that requires a 3–5 day hospital stay and a 6–8 week recovery period. In a handful of hospitals around the world, new robotic technology allows doctors to perform this procedure through small incisions that require a recovery time of only one night in the hospital and a significantly shorter recovery period at home.

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