Results
The available comparative studies were compared using surgical outcomes,
namely blood loss, complication rate, transfusion rate, operation
duration, conversion to laparotomy and length of hospitalization.
Robotic assisted laparoscopic myomectomy was significantly superior to
abdominal myomectomy in all assessed parameters, other than operation
duration. Robotic and conventional laparoscopic myomectomy performed
similarly in most parameters, however the robotic approach reduced
intra-operative bleeding in patients with small fibroids and had lower
conversion to laparotomy rates, resulting in a safer overall approach.