Robotic management of endometriosis: discussion of use, criteria, and advantages. Review of the literature

Ioannis D. Gkegkes, C Iavazzo, Georgios Iatrakis, Paraskevi-Evangelia Iavazzo, Fani Pechlivani, Evangelia Antoniou, Konstadia Bakalianou
In: Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology · 2018 · vol. 45(1) , pp. 21–23 · doi:10.12891/ceog2042.2018 · W3027746161
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This literature review discusses the effective, safe, and feasible role of robotic surgery in managing endometriosis, even in severe cases, for well-trained multidisciplinary teams.

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This paper is a literature review examining robotic surgery for endometriosis, focusing on the role, criteria for use, and purported advantages compared with open or laparoscopic approaches, with attention to impacts on fertility and quality of life. It summarizes that robotic management can be effective, safe, and feasible when performed by well-trained multidisciplinary teams, including in severe endometriosis. The main limitation is that the article is a narrative review rather than a primary study, so it does not provide new outcome data or defined comparative effectiveness estimates. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it reviews robotic surgical management, including criteria and advantages for treating endometriosis.

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Endometriosis is a very common benign condition affecting fertility and quality of life. Different methods, either definitive or fertility sparing are used for its management by using open, laparoscopic, and robotic techniques. This is a literature review presenting the role and the advantages of robotic surgery in endometriosis. Such a management is effective, safe, and feasible in hands of well-trained multidisciplinary teams even for severe cases of endometriosis.
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Endometriosis is a very common benign condition affecting fertility and quality of life. Different methods, either definitive or fertility sparing are used for its management by using open, laparoscopic, and robotic techniques. This is a literature review presenting the role and the advantages of robotic surgery in endometriosis. Such a management is effective, safe, and feasible in hands of well-trained multidisciplinary teams even for severe cases of endometriosis.

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- Da Vinci robot - Endometriosis - Treatment - Advantages - Criteria - Quality of life

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