title: Robotic-assisted endometrial cancer staging and radical hysterectomy with the da Vinci surgical system.
abstract: Robotic-assisted surgery leverages the advantages of standard laparoscopy while restoring three-dimensional vision, ergonomic, intuitive controls, and wristed instruments that approximate the motion of the human hand. Robotic-assisted surgery has already shown feasibility and in many cases superiority to standard laparoscopy in urology and general and cardiothoracic surgery. The applications of robotic-assisted surgery are rapidly being incorporated into the field of gynecologic oncology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shafer
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Boggess
mesh_terms: D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery