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Abstract
Introduction/Background Prevention of cervical cancer is a story of progress in the western world. Globally, however, it still represents a vital disease burden. The approach to surgical treatment of early-stage disease has changed dramatically in recent years. We present data in our center before the LACC trial.
Methodology A retrospective, observational study of a single tertiary level center between January 2011 and December 2016. Clinical data were gathered from the Division of Gynaecology and Obstetrics archive, University Medical Centre Ljubljana.
Results A total of 52 patients underwent minimally invasive surgery in that period. In thirty-two cases, laparoscopic-assisted vaginal radical hysterectomy was performed, and total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy in twenty cases. There was no statistically significantdifference in clinical characteristics or overall survival and disease-free survival between LAVRH and TLRH. In the follow-up of 60 months, 8 (15,4%) recurrences were observed. Of those, 4 (12,5%) were in LAVRH group and 4 (25,0%) in TLRH. In the follow-up period of 60 months, there were 4 (7,7%) deaths, 2 (6,3%) in the LAVRH group and 2 (10,0%) in the TLRH group, all of which were related to recurrences.
Conclusion A non-significant trend towards worse outcomes in the TLRH subgroup was observed. Results are similar to those reported in the prospective and retrospective analysis since 2018.