title: Laparoscopic-assisted staging surgery for Korean women with endometrial cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In recent years, the incidence of endometrial cancer has gradually increased in Korea, and the use of laparoscopically assisted staging surgery (LASS) is increasing in this field. We conducted this study to evaluate the feasibility of LASS in Korean women with endometrial cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a retrospective review of 35 Korean women with endometrial cancer who were managed laparoscopically.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median age and BMI were 57 years (range, 28 to 81) and 25.8 kg/m2 (range, 20.9 to 37.2), respectively. The median operating time, estimated blood loss, and length of hospital stay were, respectively, 150 minutes (range, 95 to 410), 250 mL (range, 50 to 1000), and 8 days (range, 3 to 20). No conversion to laparotomy was noted. The median number of harvested lymph nodes was 22 (range, 10 to 41) in pelvic lymph nodes and 7 (range, 2 to 21) in paraaortic lymph nodes. No vault recurrence or port-site metastasis was noted until the last follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LASS can be performed without additional morbidity and complications, and might be feasible in Korean women with endometrial cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Hun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Un Suk
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Min Sun
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kyung
authors.forename: Joong Sub
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome