• Giovanni Panico, Giuseppe Campagna, Lorenzo Vacca, Daniela Caramazza, Vito Iannone, Cristiano Rossitto, Valerio Rumolo, Giovanni Scambia, and Alfredo Ercoli.
• Columbus Unit of Gynecologic Surgery, Department of Women and Child's Health, IRCCS A. Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation, Rome, Italy.
• Minerva Med. 2021 Aug 1; 112 (4): 483-491.

BackgroundWe compared surgical outcome of sacral colpopexy (SCP) performed with the most recent minimally invasive surgery such as 3-mm laparoscopy (Mini-LPS), percutaneous system (PSS), standard laparoscopy (LPS), and robotic surgery.MethodsThis is a multicenter retrospective cohort study conducted at Urogynecological Department of the IRCCS A. Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation in Rome and at the Gynecological Clinic of Maggiore della Carità Hospital in Novara, and of the Polyclinic of Abano. We collected data of 115 patients who underwent laparoscopic SCP for pelvic organ prolapse between June 2017 and June 2018 using PSS, Mini-LPS, standard LPS, and da Vinci Si.ResultsPatients of all four groups had similar characteristics. The median operative time (OT) was significantly longer in robotic procedure compared to all other groups There were no significant differences between the four groups in terms of estimated blood loss, conversion to laparotomy, intraoperative complications and median postoperative ileus. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at 4 hours was significantly less for Mini-LPS compared to the other techniques. VAS at 24 hours was higher for robotic procedures than other techniques.ConclusionsResults rule out that minimize surgical invasiveness of laparoscopic techniques could bring improvements in SCP not only from a cosmetic point of view but also from a functional one without requiring longer OT and maintaining the same standard laparoscopic configuration. Even if robotic SCP is useful and safe because of its guarantee of efficiency, it cannot be considered the first choice for many women.

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