title: [Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy: analysis of 14 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the feasibility and safety of surgical removal of the tumors through laparoscopy in patients with early-stage uterine cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of the clinical data of 10 cervical cancer and 4 endometrial cancer cases, in which laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy were performed following the same surgical procedures as in laparotomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean operating time was 302 min, and mean estimated blood loss was 760 ml, with the mean postoperative gastrointestinal recovery time of 30 h and average number of removed lymph nodes of 22.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic surgery has equivalent curative effect to laparotomy, and laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy in the patients with early-stage uterine cancer is both feasible and efficient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Zhujiang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China. hyl@gdvnet.com
authors.forename: Yuan-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ling-Yun
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jing-Rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shi-Lei
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yan-Ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yu-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xiao-Yang
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*