Introduction: Cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of death among women with malignant tumours. The two most common ways of surgical technique of early stage cervical cancer is the laparoscopy and the laparotomy.
Aim: Our aim was to compare the intra- and postoperative results of total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and abdominal radical hysterectomy.
Method: Ten nerve sparing laparoscopic and 11 abdominal radical hysterectomies were performed from June 2016 until June 2017 because of early stage cervical cancer. Results were analysed retrospectively.
Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups in the length of the operation, in blood loss and in intra- and postoperative complications. Significantly more lymph nodes were harvested by abdominal surgery and the length of hospitalisation was significantly shorter in the laparoscopy group.
Conclusion: Results of total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy are comparable and not worse than abdominal radical hysterectomy. Laparoscopic way may have a priority because of the general advantages of laparoscopic surgery in the surgical treatment of early stage cervical cancer. Orv Hetil. 2017; 158(36): 1403-1409.
Keywords: cervical cancer; cervixcarcinoma; laparoscopy; laparoszkópia; radical hysterectomy; radikális hysterectomia.