Video-assisted surgery in the treatment of early corpus uteri cancer

The immediate and late results of surgical treatment were assessed in patients with early corpus uteri cancer (CUC), by applying endo- scopic procedures. The paper gives comparative data on 2 comparable groups of patients with Т1-2N0М0 CUC, who have undergone laparoscopic (n=47) or open-access (n=50) surgery. The comparative analysis has demonstrated the advantages of an endoscopic technique over a laparotomic access in its immediate results, the duration of surgical intervention, the volume of intraoperative blood loss, the pattern and incidence of complications, the reduction in the length of hospital stay, and its cosmetic effect. The patients were found to have better quality of life after laparoscopic extirpation of the uterus. Overall and relapse-free survival rates were comparable in the two groups and did not depend on the technique of surgical intervention.