title: Robotic vs laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer: a meta-analysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To evaluate whether the safety and efficacy of robotic radical hysterectomy (RRH) in patients with cervical cancer (CC) are equivalent to those of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (LRH).
  
  
  METHODS
  The Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Ovid and Web of Science databases were searched. Studies documenting a comparison of RRH with LRH for CC were selected. Operative and recovery outcomes, common morbidity, and oncological parameters were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with LRH, RRH was associated with less blood loss and shorter hospital stay. There were no significant differences in operative time, complications, mortality, transfusion, conversions, number of retrieved lymph nodes, recurrence or disease-free survival between the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  RRH for CC is safe and feasible and may be an alternative treatment for CC. More multicentre randomized controlled trials investigating the long-term oncological outcomes are required to determine the advantages of RRH over LRH in CC.
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Yuanjiagang, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Shijingshan District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bing Hong
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Third Hospital of Mianyang, Sichuan Province, Mianyang, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Yuanjiagang, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital of Chongqing City, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mianyang 404 Hospital, Sichuan Province, and Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical College of North Sichuan, Mianyang, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: cervical cancer; laparoscopy; meta-analysis; radical hysterectomy; robotic