Laparoscopic hysterectomy with and without a robot: Stanford experience.

1 , 2 Since the first reported laparoscopic-assisted hysterectomies in the late 1980s to early 1990s, 3 , 4 a definite trend toward the laparoscopic route for hysterectomy has been observed. 1 An increase from 0.3% to 9.9% of all hysterectomies has been observed over a 7-year period in the United States. 1 Despite the laparoscopic benefits, hysterectomy via laparotomy remains the most common route. 1 One of the reasons f

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