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Trachelectomy during pregnancy: What has experience taught us?
Author(s) -
Saso Srdjan,
Sawyer Renata,
O'Neill Nicole M.,
Tzafetas Menelaos,
Sayasneh Ahmed,
Hassan Hamed Ali,
Elliott Freya,
Thum MeenYau,
GhaemMaghami Sadaf,
Lee MenJean,
Smith J. Richard,
Del Priore Giuseppe
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/jog.12594
Subject(s) - trachelectomy , medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , pregnancy , cervical cancer , malignancy , obstetrics , basal cell , cervical carcinoma , cancer , surgery , gynecology , paleontology , genetics , biology
The treatment of early stage cervical malignancy in a pregnant patient remains a challenge. We report the successful application of a vaginal radical trachelectomy ( VRT ) during pregnancy to treat a patient diagnosed with early stage cervical cancer and subsequently review the published work. A 22‐year‐old female diagnosed at the gestational age of 17 weeks with I nternational F ederation of G ynecology and O bstetrics stage IB 1 squamous cell cervical carcinoma was treated with VRT at 19(+5) weeks. At 36 weeks, the patient underwent a scheduled cesarean section. A healthy male infant was delivered with a weight of 2795 g. After 13 months of follow‐up, the patient is doing well with no evidence of recurrent disease.