Open AccessRadical Surgery and Radiotherapy in the Management of 173 Cases of Carcinoma of CERVIX Uteri
Author(s) -
Nieminen Usko,
Pöllänen Leo,
Saarikoski Seppo
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347009157265
Subject(s) - medicine , cervix , radiation therapy , carcinoma , radical hysterectomy , surgery , stage (stratigraphy) , hysterectomy , radical surgery , lymphadenectomy , corpus uteri , fistula , cure rate , cancer , cervical cancer , paleontology , biology
A total of 173 surgically treated cases of carcinoma of the cervix uteri are presented. Wertheim's radical hysterectomy with lymphadenectomy was performed on 137 patients. 158 patients were also given radiotherapy. The 5 year cure rate for the series as a whole was 82.1%. The operative mortality was 0.6%. Fistulae of various types were encountered in 9.8%. During the same period, 467 patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix were treated by radiotherapy. The 5 year cure rate was distinctly better for the surgically‐treated patients with Stage I carcinoma and slightly better for those with Stage II carcinoma. The incidence of fistula was the same in both groups. Complications of different degrees were more numerous on the whole in ths casss treated by radiotherapy alone.