Resumen
Robotic surgery is reported to have benefits for the surgical management of patients with a high BMI. However, there is a lack of information on patient-reported outcomes and recovery following robotic-assisted hysterectomy (RH). A study collecting information on participant characteristics, intra- and post-operative events was conducted. Telephone questionnaires at 2, 4, 6, and 12 weeks were used to collect patient-reported recovery using the QoR-40 quality-of-recovery questionnaire. Of the 53 individuals recruited, 50 underwent RH and three cases were converted to open surgery. Patient BMI had a small impact on operative time (p = 0.04) but not on length of stay (p = 0.62). Overall quality-of-life (QOL) scores were consistently high post-operatively, indicating a high quality of recovery, and were not impacted by patient BMI.