title: Radical hysterectomy in cervical carcinoma stage Ib.
abstract: We present a retrospective analysis of the results of radical hysterectomy in 115 patients with Stage Ib cervical carcinoma. The recurrence frequency was 10% and the 5-year survival rate was 95%. The prognosis correlated with the presence of lymph node metastases which were found in 14%. The 5-year survival rate was 98% in patients without lymph node involvement and 78% in patients with pelvic lymph node metastases. The operative mortality was zero and the frequency of complications was low. Sixty-nine per cent of the patients had returned to work three months after the operation. Radical hysterectomy of stage Ib patients is recommended as the treatment of choice provided a proper preoperative selection is performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Høyer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ljungstroem
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nyland
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jakobsen
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D015182:Lymphatic Irradiation; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*