Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Female patients aged 18 years or older * Histologically diagnosed endometrial cancer with planned surgical treatment * Eligible for minimally invasive surgery * Planned total laparoscopic hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy or bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and sentinel lymph node dissection * No severe systemic disease that would contraindicate laparoscopic surgery based on preoperative evaluation * Standard cervical four-quadrant indocyanine green injection planned for sentinel lymph node mapping * Bilateral sentinel lymph node mapping and bilateral sentinel lymph node dissection feasible during surgery * Preoperative hemoglobin level of 10 g/dL or higher * Able and willing to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Distant metastasis detected on preoperative imaging or clinical evaluation * Not suitable for minimally invasive surgery, such as severe cardiopulmonary disease * Conversion from laparoscopy to laparotomy * Failure of bilateral sentinel lymph node mapping or inability to perform bilateral sentinel lymph node dissection * Systematic pelvic and/or para-aortic lymph node dissection performed * Body mass index of 40 kg/m² or higher * Uterine size equivalent to 12 weeks of gestation or larger * Dense bowel or omental adhesions detected intraoperatively * History of abdominal surgery through a midline incision * History of myomectomy * History of tubo-ovarian abscess * History of three or more cesarean deliveries * Need for an additional major surgical procedure outside the standardized surgical protocol * Preoperative hemoglobin level below 10 g/dL * Refusal to participate or inability to provide informed consent