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ReviewJournal of robotic surgery2024

Current analysis of the survival implications for minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of early-stage cervix cancer.

John P Micha, Mark A Rettenmaier, Randy D Bohart, Bram H Goldstein

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Review in Journal of robotic surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

John P MichaWomen's Cancer Research Foundation, 699 Diamond Street, Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, USA.
Mark A RettenmaierWomen's Cancer Research Foundation, 699 Diamond Street, Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, USA.
Randy D BohartOso Home Care, Inc., Irvine, CA, USA.
Bram H GoldsteinWomen's Cancer Research Foundation, 699 Diamond Street, Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, USA. bram@womenscancerfoundation.com.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early-stage cervical cancer (ESCC) is managed with radical hysterectomy, a procedure that can be performed either via open surgery or minimally invasive surgery (MIS), the latter of which is accomplished via traditional laparoscopy or robotic-assisted surgery. Previously, MIS was routinely incorporated into the management of ESCC due to the approach's reduced operative morbidity and truncated hospital stay duration, but more recent clinical evidence has since impugned the efficacy of MIS because of the reportedly inferior disease-free survival and overall survival outcomes compared to open surgery. However, additional studies have documented equivalent outcomes among the various surgical modalities, suggesting further exploration of clinical factors as we endeavor to conclusively determine the standard of care for patients diagnosed with ESCC.

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LaparoscopyRobotic Surgical ProceduresUterine Cervical NeoplasmsCervix UteriFemaleHumansHysterectomyMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesEarly-stage cervix cancerOpen surgeryOutcomesRobotic-assisted surgerySurvival

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