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Robotic-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy: the feasibility in single-site system.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of robotic single-site myomectomy (RSSM).

Methods: Medical records of 355 consecutive women who underwent robotic-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical characteristics were compared between multi-site and single-site systems. After 1:1 propensity score matching for the total myoma number, largest myoma size, and total tumor weight (105 women in each group), surgical outcomes were also compared between the 2 systems.

Results: A total of 105 (29.6%) and 250 (70.4%) women underwent RSSM and robotic multi-site myomectomy (RMSM), respectively. RSSM was more commonly performed in women with lower body mass index (21.6 vs. 22.5 kg/m2 , P =0.014), without peritoneal adhesions (7.6% vs. 24.8%, P <0.001), and less (2.6 vs. 4.6, P <0.001) and smaller (6.3 vs. 7.7 cm, P <0.001) myomas compared to RMSM. After propensity score matching, the largest myoma size ( P =0.143), total myoma number ( P =0.671), and tumor weight ( P =0.510) were not significantly different between the 2 groups. Although the docking time was significantly longer in the RSSM group (5.1 vs. 3.8 minutes, P =0.005), total operation time was similar between RSSM and RMSM groups (145.9 vs. 147.3 minutes, P =0.856). Additionally, hemoglobin decrement was lower in the RSSM group than in the RMSM group (1.4 vs. 1.8 g/dL, P =0.009). No surgical complication was observed after RSSM, while 1 ileus and 2 febrile complications occurred in women that underwent RMSM (0% vs. 2.9%, P =0.246).

Conclusion: Although RMSM is preferred for women with multiple large myomas in real clinical practice, RSSM seems to be a feasible surgical method for less complicated cases, and is associated with minimal surgical morbidity.

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