Robotic single-port myomectomy using the da Vinci SP surgical system: A pilot study.

AIM

To report our initial experience with robotic single-port myomectomy (RSPM) using the da Vinci SP surgical system and to evaluate the feasibility of the procedure.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

This prospective observational study was performed at a university teaching hospital from January 2019 to December 2019. Sixty-one women with symptomatic fibroids received RSPM.

RESULTS

Based on seven resected fibroids and a maximal diameter of resected fibroids <10 cm, the women were arbitrarily divided into two groups. The mean number and maximal diameter of the removed fibroids were 3.7 ± 3.8 (2.3 ± 1.8 in Group 1 vs. 7.2 ± 5.3 in Group 2) and 7.6 ± 2.9 cm (6.8 ± 1.6 in Group 1 vs. 9.5 ± 4.3 in Group 2), respectively. The mean operation time, hemoglobin change, and hospital stay were 149.9 ± 72.9 min (123.8 ± 43.8 in Group 1 vs. 217.6 ± 89.4 in Group 2), 2.3 ± 1.0 g/dL (2.1 ± 0.9 in Group 1 vs. 2.7 ± 1.2 in Group 2), and 4.5 ± 0.8 days (4.4 ± 0.8 in Group 1 vs. 4.7 ± 0.9 in Group 2). There was no conversion to multi-port laparoscopy or laparotomy nor were there any major complications.

CONCLUSIONS

RSPM using the da Vinci SP surgical system is feasible surgical modality for women with symptomatic fibroid and is expected to increase indications of single-port myomectomy by solving many of the ergonomics problems inevitably accompanying single-port laparoscopic myomectomy.