Robotic surgery for early stage cervical cancer: Evolution and current trends

J Surg Oncol. 2015 Dec;112(7):772-81. doi: 10.1002/jso.24008.

Abstract

The management of early stage cervical cancer often includes surgery in the form of radical hysterectomy, radical trachelectomy, or radical parametrectomy. Surgical techniques have evolved to include minimal invasive approaches, and more recently, to include robotic assisted techniques. This review highlights the evolution of surgical management of early cervical cancer and specifically explores robotic assisted radical hysterectomy, radical trachelectomy, radical parametrectomy, and the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Keywords: Robotic surgery; cervical cancer; gynecologic oncology; minimally invasive surgery.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy / instrumentation
  • Hysterectomy / methods*
  • Hysterectomy, Vaginal / methods
  • Incidence
  • Infertility, Female / prevention & control
  • Laparoscopy*
  • Laparotomy*
  • Lymph Node Excision / instrumentation
  • Lymph Node Excision / methods*
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy / methods
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Pelvic Floor / surgery
  • Robotic Surgical Procedures / economics
  • Robotic Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
  • Robotic Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Survival Rate
  • Trachelectomy / adverse effects
  • Trachelectomy / instrumentation
  • Trachelectomy / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / economics
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / therapy