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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1989;74:180-184
© 1989 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Morbidity of Lymph Node Sampling in Cancers of the Uterine Corpus and Cervix

DAVID H. MOORE, MD, WESLEY C. FOWLER, Jr, MD, LESLIE A. WALTON, MD and WILLIAM DROEGEMUELLER, MD

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Abstract

To assess the morbidity of lymph node sampling, medical records were reviewed for all patients with cancers of the uterine corpus and cervix who underwent primary surgical therapy between January 1, 1980 and December 31, 1986. Five hundred fifty-four patients were identified. Of the 292 patients with corpus cancer undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy, lymph node sampling was performed in 65.4%. Operative blood loss, transfusion requirements, and length of hospital stay were not increased significantly (P>.05) in women having node sampling. Of the 262 patients with cervical cancer, 72 underwent abdominal hysterectomy, 111 underwent radical hysterectomy, and 79 underwent staging laparotomy, with lymph node sampling performed in 82, 100, and 92% of these groups, respectively. The incidence of perioperative complications in this group was similar to that in the corpus cancer group. Vascular injuries, hematomas, and lymphocysts were more frequent after lymph node sampling. One postoperative death was attributed to complications from node sampling, but there were no other long-term sequelae. The low overall risk associated with lymph node sampling supports its inclusion in the surgical evaluation of gynecologic malignancies.




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