Radical reoperation for invasive cervical cancer found in simple hysterectomy.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the patients with invasive cervical cancer found in simple hysterectomy and who were subjected to radical parametrectomy and upper vaginectomy with therapeutic lymphadenectomy.


METHODS
Twenty-seven patients who underwent the radical parametrectomy and upper vaginectomy with therapeutic lymphadenectomy procedure from 1986 to 2004 were retrospectively reviewed.


RESULTS
The mean age at the time of diagnosis was 49.85 (range 38-72). The histopathological diagnoses were SCC, adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, endometroid carcinoma, and anaplastic carcinoma in 70.4%, 11.4%, 7.4%, 7.4%, and 3.7% of patients, respectively. Operative complications occurred in only five patients (18.5%). Following radical surgery, residual disease was found in 10 patients (37.03%). The lymph node involvement rate was 22.2% (6 patients). The recurrence rate was 7.4% (2 of 27 patients). The overall disease-free survival rate was 88.67%. The overall survival rate was 88.89%; it was significantly lower in the presence of the following factors: anaplastic carcinoma, vaginal apex metastasis, and pelvic lymph node metastasis.


CONCLUSIONS
This series suggests the excellent overall survival of patients that underwent radical surgery. We recommend the surgical treatment of such selected patients in experienced centers only with expert surgeons and primary adjuvant radiotherapy may be recommended in selected patients.
Ayhan
Ali
A
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Ankara, Turkey.
Otegen
Umit
U
Guven
Suleyman
S
Kucukali
Turkan
T
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000209:etiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*