Introduction of robotic surgery for uterine cervical cancer: complications and short term outcomes of first 10 cases in our service

Objective: We analyzed the safety and feasibility of introducing robotic surgery for cervical cancer at our facility. Design: We studied complications and outcomes of robotic surgery in our first 10 uterine cervical cancer cases.Setting: Between June 2014 and April 2016, we performed robotic surgery on 10 cases. Patients: All 10 had uterine cervical cancer IA1-IIA1.Interventions: Operations for uterine cervical cancer were performed using a surgical robot (da Vinci Si Surgical System)Main outcome: There were no intraoperative complications, but 1 case had grade 2 ulnar nerve injury, 2 grade 1 subcutaneous emphysema as postoperative complications. None of our cases experienced disease recurrence.Results: There were no intraoperative complications, but 1 case had grade 2 and 2 had grade1 postoperative complications. None of our patients had recurrent cervical cancer.Conclusion: We were able to introduce robotic surgery for uterine cervical cancer without severe complications and no recurrences were detected during a 2-years follow-up period.