title: Surgicopathologic outcome of laparoscopic versus open radical hysterectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the surgicopathologic outcome of total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (LRH) with that of abdominal radical hysterectomy (ARH) for the treatment of early-stage cervical cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Radical hysterectomy specimens of sequential patients undergoing LRH (N=50) were compared with those of historical controls selected from consecutive women who have had conventional ARH (N=48), and who met the same criteria for eligibility as the cases. To evaluate the extent of parametrial resection, parametrial tissues were systematically measured at their widest dimensions before tissue processing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No difference was found in demographics, histologic type, tumor stage and grade between the two groups. The parametrial width was similar between LRH and ARH in both type II (right parametrium: 2.4 cm (1-3) vs. 2.3 (1.8-4.0), p=0.28; left parametrium: 2.3 cm (1.8-4) vs. 2.2 (1.2-3.0), p=0.54) and type III radical hysterectomy (right parametrium: 3.8 cm (2.3-6.5) vs. 3.4 (1.7-7.0), p=0.59; left parametrium: 3.6 cm (2-6) vs. 3.5 (1.5-6.5), p=0.82). There were no significant differences between the two groups with regard to lymph nodes yield and likelihood of identifying positive margins or metastatic disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that laparoscopically managed patients with cervical cancer undergo a similar extent of surgery as those treated with the traditional ARH, as judged by objective pathologic criteria.
authors.affiliation: Depatment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Insubria, Piazza Biroldi 1, 21100 Varese, Italy. fabio.ghezzi@uninsubria.it
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ghezzi
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cromi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciravolo
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Volpi
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uccella
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rampinelli
authors.forename: Valentino
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bergamini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*