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Vaginal hysterectomy as a method of treatment of endometrial cancer

Sylwia Łapińska-Szumczyk, Janusz Emerich, Anna Abacjew-Chmyłko, Juliusz Kobierski

Affiliacja i adres do korespondencji
CURR. GYNECOL. ONCOL. 2009, 7 (3), p. 206-216
Streszczenie

The aim of this paper is to assess transvaginal hysterectomy as a technique of surgical treatment of selected group of patients (n=28) with endometrial cancer, treated at the Department of Gynecology and Oncological Gynecology of Medical University in Gdańsk since 1983 thru 2008. Material and methods: Analysis encompassed the following clinical parameters: patients’ age, number of deliveries, coexisting internal medical diseases, past surgical procedures, body weight and BMI index, histological grade and clinical stage of endometrial cancer, depth of myometrial infiltration and invasion of uterine cervix by the tumor, intra- and postoperative complications. Due to retrospective character of the study, FIGO 1988 classification of endometrial cancer based on surgical-pathomorphological criteria was used throughout the text. Results: The youngest patient was 42, the oldest – 82. Twenty seven women (96.4%) were at postmenopausal age and only one (3.6%) – at premenopausal age. Most patients have had 2 or 3 deliveries. In the study population, the lowest body weight was 72 kg, the highest – 230 kg. Obese and pathologically obese patients predominated, whereby 60.5% of the patients weighted over 100 kg. In this group, 26 patients (92.9%) had a serious internal medical comorbidity and only 2 patients (7.1%) did not report any coexisting disease. In the group of patients operated on by transvaginal approach, the predominating histological type was adenocarcinoma. Over one-half of the patients had low-stage cancer, limited to endometrium only or not exceeding one-half of myometrial layer. In this group, coexisting superficial invasion of uterine cervix was seen in 3 cases and coexisting cervical cancer in 1 case. Conclusion: Selected group of patients with endometrial cancer presented in this paper proves the feasibility of treating this type of malignancy by transvaginal route.

Słowa kluczowe
endometrial cancer, obesity, vaginal hysterectomy, transvaginal approach, treatment of endometrial cancer