Surgical Complications and Hospital Costs in Robot-Assisted Versus Conventional Laparoscopic Hysterectomy With Concurrent Sacrocolpopexy: Analysis of the Nationwide Readmissions Database.
Sarah E AndimanAnthony H BuiCharles Ascher-WalshJason D WrightXiao XuPublished in: Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery (2022)
Nationally representative data suggest that, in laparoscopic hysterectomy with sacrocolpopexy, the robot-assisted approach is associated with a lower risk of perioperative complications, despite higher costs, compared with the conventional one. The risk of 30-day readmission was similar between the robot-assisted and conventional laparoscopic approaches.