title: Laporovaginal surgery in cervical cancer: a Croatian experience.
abstract: With correct staging a large number of patients with cervical cancer FIGO stages IA2 and IB can be spared of unnecessary radiation therapy by laparoscopic assisted vaginal radical hysterectomy (LAVRH) as an option of radical surgical treatment in such patients. The development of laparovaginal surgery, indication and contraindication were presented. Also, the surgical technique was described in detail. Fifty-two patients were followed up in 2003 after LAVRH or open surgery, performed in our single center. Only 5 (14%) patients died from cervical cancer within 3 years following the treatment. They were all clinical stage IB treated with open surgery. There were 4 (11%) complications following treatment and they were all in patients with clinical stage IB, also treated with open surgery. There was no complication in LAVRH treated patients. The results and complications of the sole Croatian center performing LAVRH or open surgery in patients with cervical cancer FIGO stages IA and IB were similar to those in centers across the world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Ante
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coruasić
authors.forename: Dubravko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barisić
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plavec
authors.forename: Pavao
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Planinić
authors.forename: Lana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Skrgatić
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vujić
authors.forename: Mislav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herman
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015996:Survival Rate; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*