Impact of obesity on surgical outcomes of laparoscopic radical pelvic lymphadenectomy for women with cervical, endometrial, or ovarian cancer

Objective: Gynecologic oncologists performing traditional laparotomy for staging hysterectomy with radical pelvic lymphadenectomy who desire to transition to minimally invasive approaches may be deterred by the increasing rates of obesity in women today. We document the impact of obesity on surgical adequacy and complication rates from a minimally invasive approach to laparoscopic radical pelvic lymphadenectomy across the body mass index (BMI) spectrum.