Surgical Outcomes of Hysterectomy via Robot-assisted versus Traditional Transvaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery.

Journal: Journal of minimally invasive gynecology
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Abstract

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and feasibility of robot-assisted transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (R-vNOTES) hysterectomy when compared with traditional vNOTES (T-vNOTES) hysterectomy.

Authors

  • Tamisa Koythong
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (Drs. Guan and Koythong).
  • Brooke Thigpen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (all authors).
  • Sowmya Sunkara
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (all authors).
  • Hadi Erfani
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (all authors).
  • Stephanie Delgado
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (all authors).
  • Xiaoming Guan
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (Drs. Guan and Koythong). Electronic address: xiaoming@bcm.edu.