Robotic Single-Site Plus One-Port Myomectomy versus Robotic Single-Site Plus Two-Port Myomectomy: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis

• Published in: Yonsei medical journal Vol. 65; no. 7; pp. 406 - 412
• Main Authors: Choi, Su Hyeon, Won, Seyeon, Lee, Nara, Shim, So Hyun, Kim, Mi Kyoung, Kim, Mi-La, Jung, Yong Wook, Yun, Bo Seong, Jun, Hye Sun, Seong, Seok Ju
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Yonsei University College of Medicine 01.07.2024; 연세대학교의과대학
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Humans; Leiomyoma - surgery; Length of Stay; Middle Aged; Operative Time; Original; Propensity Score; Retrospective Studies; Robotic Surgical Procedures - methods; Treatment Outcome; Uterine Myomectomy - methods; Uterine Neoplasms - surgery; 의학일반; laparoscopy; robotic surgical procedures; uterine fibroids; Uterine myomectomy
• ISSN: 0513-5796; 1976-2437; 1976-2437
• DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2023.0434

Robotic single-site plus one-port myomectomy (RSOM) was designed to reduce the number of incision sites for greater cosmetic satisfaction of patients while retaining the benefits of conventional robotic multi-site myomectomy (CRM). Robotic single-site plus two-port myomectomy (RSTM) eliminated one port relative to conventional CRM, and RSOM achieved the same advantage with respect to RSTM. This study aimed to compare RSOM with RSTM in terms of their respective methodologies and surgical outcomes. The medical records of 230 patients who had undergone RSOM and 146 patients who had undergone RSTM were reviewed. The groups' surgical outcomes were compared using propensity score matching (PSM) analysis. In the total data, RSOM had a shorter operative time (135.1±57.4 min vs. 149.9±46.2 min, =0.009) and a shorter hospital stay (5.2±0.5 days vs. 5.4±0.7 days, =0.033) relative to RSTM. The PSM analysis showed that there were no statistically significant intergroup differences in the patients' baseline characteristics. Regarding the surgical outcomes, the RSOM group showed shorter operative time (129.2±49.3 min vs. 148.7±46.3 min, =0.001) compared to the RSTM group. Compared with RSTM, RSOM was associated with shorter operative time. Additionally, more detailed comparative and prospective studies are needed to evaluate RSOM relative to RSTM.