Robotic-assisted surgery and sentinel lymph node biopsy in morbidly obese endometrial cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study.

Elina Kivekäs, Synnöve Staff, Minna M Mäenpää

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Article in Journal of robotic surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Elina KivekäsFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland. elina.kivekas@tuni.fi.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8996-569X

Synnöve StaffFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7280-1673

Minna M MäenpääFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-6140-3863

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Abstract

Obesity is associated with a worse prognosis in endometrial cancer (EC) patients. While robotic surgery has overcome many technical challenges of morbid obesity, lymphadenectomies are still performed less frequently, leading to understaging and potential undertreatment in highly obese patients. We aimed to assess whether robotic-assisted laparoscopy (RAL) and the implementation of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) have enabled guideline-compliant nodal staging in morbidly obese patients. Surgical and oncological outcomes were also assessed. This retrospective single-center cohort study included all patients who underwent primary robotic surgery for EC at Tampere University Hospital, Finland, between March 2009 and December 2022. BMI stratified patients into morbidly obese (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m

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Endometrial NeoplasmsObesity, MorbidRobotic Surgical ProceduresSentinel Lymph Node BiopsyAgedBody Mass IndexCohort StudiesFemaleHumansLaparoscopyLymph Node ExcisionMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesEndometrial neoplasmsObesityRobotic surgerySentinel lymph nodeSurgical complicationsSurvival

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PMID42479099

DOI10.1007/s11701-026-03700-2

PMCPMC13388631

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