title: Surgical aspects of cervical carcinoma.
abstract: The surgical therapy of cancer of the cervix has historically been a mainstay of treatment for this malignancy. This manuscript reviews the historical development of surgical therapy for cervix cancer and discusses the role of this modality in modern medicine. Stage I and Stage IIA disease is adequately treated with a radical hysterectomy. Morbidity and mortality in the last two decades has been reduced to a minimum. The extent of the radical surgical procedure called radical hysterectomy has been tailored to the extent of the disease by the use of modern knowledge of spread patterns.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010385:Pelvic Exenteration; D011300:Preoperative Care; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*