title: Complications of radical hysterectomy: clinical experience of 115 early stage cervical cancers.
abstract: We evaluated the clinical experience of 115 women with early stage cervical cancer who had been operated in our Gynecologic Oncology Clinic. Of these, 85 were in stage I, and 30 in stage II. Intraoperative complications occurred in 16 patients including 3 cases concerning bladder, 1 ureter, 1 aorta, 5 v.cava inferior, 1 internal iliac a., 3 internal iliac v., 1 obturator nerve and 1 rectovaginal septum hematoma formation. Postoperative complications were observed in 38 patients. These were 14 bladder dysfunctions, 10 lymphocyst formations, 6 urinary infections, 12 wound infections, 3 pelvic infections, 2 eviscerations and 1 incisional hernia. However, no death occurred due to intraoperative or postoperative complications. Pelvic lymph node metastases were observed in 32 patients of whom 17 had only unilateral involvement, most often in the obturator region. Para-aortic lymph node metastases were diagnosed in 4 patients, all of whom were in stage II.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Dr. Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Zorlu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aydoğlu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ergün
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kuşçu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cobanoğlu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koçak
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007239:Infections; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000293:injuries; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*