Robotically Assisted vs Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Among Women With Benign Gynecologic Disease.

The article offers a comparison between the robotically assisted and laparoscopic hysterectomy in women with benign gynecologic disease. This study aims to analyze the association between robotic surgery and rates of abdominal and laparoscopic hysterectomy. A cohort analysis of 264,758 women who underwent hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disorders at several hospitals across the U.S. from 2007 to 2010 was conducted. Several parameters that were considered for comparison include post operative complications, deaths occurred and cost for patients who underwent robotic hysterectomy compared with both abdominal and laparoscopic procedures. Further it states that even though similar morbidity profiles were observed in both cases, but robotic technology involves higher cost inputs.