Prospective Data Collection to Compare Robotically Assisted Laparoscopy for Hysterectomies and Other Selected Indications in Comparison to Conventional Laparoscopy

This is a prospective, single-center, observational clinical trial at the Department of Women's Health of the University Hospital Tübingen.

Inclusion Criteria:age ≥18 yearsBMI ≤40 kg/m2indication for hysterectomy for benign disease or prophylactic surgery due to hereditary cancerindication for radical hysterectomy and/or pelvic-/para-aortic (sentinel-node) lymphadenectomy for cervical cancerindication for modified radical hysterectomy and/or pelvic-/para-aortic (sentinel-node) lymphadenectomy for endometrial cancerindication for other uterine conditions / adnexal conditions that require uterine/adnexal/tubal surgery: Fibroids, Endometriomas, Cystic masses, Ectopic pregnancies, Sactosalpinx, Inflammatory adnexal disease, Opportunistic salpingectomy as part of hysterectomy or exclusively, Cervico-/Sacrokolpopexysize of uterus and vagina allows for retrieval by the vaginal route in cancer patientswritten informed consentExclusion Criteria:known extensive intra-abdominal adhesionsanaesthesiological contraindications to laparoscopywomen with pacemaker or other implants where electrosurgery is to be avoidedwomen with known defects of the hemostasispregnancyother internal or anatomical criteria that preclude a minimal invasive approachinability to understand patient information