robotic versus laparoscopic radical hysterectomy in cervical cancer patients a matchedcase comparative study objective this study aimed to compare initial surgical outcomes and complication rates of patients with earlystage cervical cancer who underwent robotic radical hysterectomy rrh and conventional laparoscopic radical hysterectomy lrhmethods patients diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer international federation of gynecology and obstetrics stage iiia who underwent rrh n 23 at samsung medical center from january 2008 to may 2013 were compared with matched patients who underwent lrh n 69 during the same period the 2 surgical groups were matched 31 for variables of age body mass index international federation of gynecology and obstetrics stage histological subtype tumor size and node positivity all patient information and surgical and postoperative followup data were retrospectively collectedresults operating time was significantly longer 317 vs 236 minutes p 0001 in the rrh group compared with the lrh group but mean estimated blood loss was significantly reduced in the rrh group 200 vs 350 ml p 0036 intraoperative and postoperative complications were not significantly different between the 2 groups 43 for rrh vs 145 for lrh p 0439 recurrences were 2 87 in the rrh and 7 101 in the lrh group the overall 3year recurrencefree survival was 913 in rrh group and 899 in the lrh group p 0778conclusions although operating time was longer in the rrh cases because of lesser experience on robotic platform we showed that surgical outcomes and complication rate of rrh were comparable to those of lrh in addition surgical skills for lrh easily and safely translated to rrh in case of experienced laparoscopic surgeon