TY - JOUR
T1 - Gynecologic Oncology
T2 - Challenges of Minimally Invasive Surgery in a Field of Maximal Complexities
AU - Lyons, Yasmin A.
AU - Stephan, Jean Marie
AU - Gonzalez Bosquet, Jesus
AU - Goodheart, Michael J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Minimally invasive surgery has become a standard in the surgical treatment for many women with gynecologic cancers. Within the scope of minimally invasive surgery, several techniques exist. Here, we provide an overview of the challenging and controversial aspects of minimally invasive surgery in the field of gynecologic oncology, including single-site surgery, operating on morbidly obese patients, sentinel lymph node mapping, and recent trials and controversy of treating gynecologic cancer patients with a minimally invasive surgical approach.
AB - Minimally invasive surgery has become a standard in the surgical treatment for many women with gynecologic cancers. Within the scope of minimally invasive surgery, several techniques exist. Here, we provide an overview of the challenging and controversial aspects of minimally invasive surgery in the field of gynecologic oncology, including single-site surgery, operating on morbidly obese patients, sentinel lymph node mapping, and recent trials and controversy of treating gynecologic cancer patients with a minimally invasive surgical approach.
KW - gynecologic oncology
KW - laparoscopic
KW - obesity
KW - robotic
KW - sentinel lymph nodes
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U2 - 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000505
DO - 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000505
M3 - Article
C2 - 31833847
AN - SCOPUS:85078412838
SN - 0009-9201
VL - 63
SP - 30
EP - 39
JO - Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 1
ER -