Safety and feasibility of robotic surgery in selected ovarian cancer patients undergoing interval debulking surgery

摘要

With a great deal of interest, we read the article entitled “Robotic-assisted interval cytoreductive surgery in ovarian cancer: a feasibility study” by Carbajal-Mamani et al. [1]. The study retrospectively examined 12 patients who underwent interval cytoreductive surgery, with complete cytoreduction achieved in 75% of patients. The main advantages of the approach were minimal blood loss (100 mL), and length of hospital stay (2 days). Two robotic cases with upper abdominal disease required conversion to open laparotomy to achieve optimal cytoreduction. Regarding short-term outcomes, only one patient had a postoperative port-site hernia. No long-term outcomes or outcomes related to safety were presented because of the small median follow-up time (9.5 months).