The impact of body mass index on robotic surgery outcomes in endometrial cancer

To compare surgical outcomes of patients with endometrial cancer who underwent robotic surgery across different BMI categories. A retrospective study including all consecutive patients with endometrial cancer who underwent robotic surgery at a tertiary cancer center between December 2007 and December 2022. The study analyzed outcome measures, including blood loss, surgical times, length of hospitalization, perioperative complications, and conversion rates with the Kruskal-Wallis test for BMI group differences and the Chi-squared test for associations between categorical variables. A total of 1329 patients with endometrial cancer were included in the study. Patients were stratified by BMI: