To compare the disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) at 3 years and 5 years in patients undergoing treatment for early-stage
cervical cancer with either robotic (RRH) or open radical
hysterectomy (ORH). This retrospective study compared all patients with stage IA1 (lymphovascular invasion), IA2, IB1, IB2 and II A
cervical cancer in accordance with International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics staging (FIGO 2009) of
cancer of the cervix uteri. Patients who underwent Radical
Hysterectomy at our centre from January 2011 till January 2018 were included in the study. One hundred and eighty-nine patients ( ORH = 67, RRH = 122) were included. The median follow-up time was 46.3 months in RRH group and 70.0 months in the ORH group. The 3-year DFS was comparable in both the arms, 91.5% in RRH and 91.6% in ORH. The 5-year DFS was 88.9% and 85.9% in robotic and open approaches, respectively (P = 0.258), hazard ratio (HR) 0.616 (CI = 0.266-1.427). The 3-year overall survival for robotic approach was 93.4% and for open was 95%, whereas 5-year overall survival was 84.7% and 87.4% in robotic and open approaches, respectively (P = 0.813). The median estimated blood loss for robotics was lower (100 ml vs 300 ml, P < 0.001) and median
operative time was less (162.5 min vs. 180 min, P = 0.005) in robotics. The patients in RRH cohort had shorter median
hospital stay (3.9 days vs. 6.3 days, P < 0.001). Robotic radical
hysterectomy had comparable survival outcomes to open radical
hysterectomy in
cancer cervix. RRH is associated with improved peri-operative surgical outcomes and better resource utilisation.