Cochrane Systematic Review 15 April 2019, DOI 10.1002/14651858.CD011422.pub2
- A systematic review of the literature concludes that evidence on the effectiveness and safety of robot‐assisted surgery (RAS) compared with conventional laparoscopic surgery (CLS) for non‐malignant disease (hysterectomy and sacrocolpopexy) is of low certainty but suggests that surgical complication rates might be comparable. Evidence on the effectiveness and safety of RAS compared with CLS or open surgery for malignant disease is more uncertain because survival data are lacking.
- RAS is an operator‐dependent expensive technology; therefore evaluating the safety of this technology independently will present challenges.
