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Hysterectomy is the second most frequently performed surgical procedure after cesarean section for women who are of reproductive age in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from 2011 – 2015, 10.6% of women between the ages of 40 – 44 had a hysterectomy, with approximately 600,000 hysterectomies performed annually [1, 2] (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website. Key statistics from the national survey of family growth. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2015; Whiteman et al., Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:34, 2008). Hysterectomy can be performed vaginally, abdominally, laparoscopically, or with robot-assisted laparoscopy. The most common indication cited for hysterectomy is uterine leiomyomas, followed by abnormal uterine bleeding, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain, and malignancy. In this chapter, we briefly discuss the history of robotic-assisted gynecologic surgery, the steps involved in a successful robotic-assisted hysterectomy, the procedural basics, and special surgical considerations. We also briefly discuss pros and cons of, and setup for, a single-site robotic-assisted hysterectomy.
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Stockwell, E., Pedroso, J., Volker, K.W. (2019). Robotic Hysterectomy. In: Tsuda, S., Kudsi, O. (eds) Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96866-7_25
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