title: [Surgical complications in patients treated for invasive cervical cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to analyse, retrospectively, complications of therapy of 898 patients suffered from invasive cervical carcinoma. All patients have undergone radical surgical treatment in Gynaecological Department of Medical University of Gdańsk between 1972 and 2000.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients were divided into four groups according to clinical examination (FIGO staging from 1985). Group Ia consisted of 27 (3%) patients; Ib consisted of 711 (79%) patients; IIa consisted of 133 (15%) patients and IIb consisted of 27 (3%) patients. 85 (9.5%) patients ware older than 60. In all cases radical abdominal hysterectomy and pelvic lymph nodes dissection was applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Intraoperative complications ware observed in 66 (7.3%) patients. Among them 2 (0.2%) patients ware died, 29 (3.2%) patients had massive hemorrhage and 37 (4.1%) patients had local organs damage as bladder, rectum or ureter wall. During the postoperative period 11 (1.2%) patients ware died. There ware observed ureterovaginal fistula in 25 (2.7%) cases and vesicovaginal fistula in 9 (1.0%) cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Radical surgical treatment of invasive cervical carcinoma performed in our department is relatively safe procedure. Results showed above are similar to the results from leading oncology centers.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Ginekologii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sliwiński
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Debniak
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Łukaszuk
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emerich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012007:Rectum / Q000293:injuries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014513:Ureter / Q000293:injuries; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000293:injuries; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014624:Vaginal Fistula / Q000209:etiology