title: Comparative Study Between Total Laparoscopic and Total Robotic Radical Hysterectomy for Cervical Carcinoma: Clinical Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to compare surgical outcomes and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) between total laparoscopic (TLRH) and total robotic radical hysterectomy (TRRH) for cervical cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgical outcomes and HRQOL were compared between the two groups. Pre- and postoperative HRQOL data from 36-item Short Form (SF-36) and European Organization Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life-C30(EORTC QOL-C30) questionnaires were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the TRRH group, there were more cases of para-aortic lymphadenectomy (p<0.01), longer operative time (p<0.01), less estimated blood loss (p<0.01), and more harvested pelvic lymph nodes (p=0.04). There were no significant differences in the SF-36 and the EORTC QOL-C30 between the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TRRH surgical outcomes were associated with less blood loss and more harvested pelvic lymph nodes but longer operative times with statistical significance. The short-term postoperative HRQOL outcomes did not show any significant inter-group differences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Joo Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yoon Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Gun Oh
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yoon Soon
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young Lae
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea chssa02202002@yahoo.co.kr.
authors.forename: Dae Gy
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012371:Robotics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Cervical cancer; laparoscopy; quality of life; radical hysterectomy; robotic