Table 5

Surgery: cervical cancer

1b7or High56 27or Medium56 37or Low56
  • Life-threatening hemorrhage with failed conservative measures, especially surgery likely curative7 56

  • Peritonitis56

  • Radiotherapy complications56 (fistula/perforation)

  • Post-operative bleeding/ureteric injury56

  • Early-stage (unspecified)7 51

  • Stage 1A, 1B1–IIA: radical hysterectomy ± bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy + lymphadenectomy (level not specified)51 56

  • Stage 1A: trachelectomy/hysterectomy ± sentinel lymph node sampling (postpone 2 months)51 56

  • Low volume cervical cancer completely excised at loop excision7

  • Cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia 3 conisation56

  • Repair of asymptomatic fistula56

  • Resection of slow growing central recurrence56

  • Pelvic exenteration (consider postponing)56