title: Routine retroperitoneal drainage is not required for uncomplicated pelvic lymphadenectomy for uterine cancer.
abstract: Four hundred consecutive patients with endometrial carcinoma clinically confined to the corpus and cervix underwent extrafascial hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy by the author over an eight-year period of time. No patient had retroperitoneal drains, and only one patient (0.25%) developed a pelvic lymphocyst. Routine retroperitoneal drainage may be safely omitted in patients with uterine carcinoma undergoing hysterectomy and staging pelvic lymphadenctomy.
authors.affiliation: New Jersey Gynecologic Oncology, P.A., Little Silver 07739, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patsner
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D016896:Treatment Outcome