Gloria Salvo, Pedro T Ramirez, Mario M Leitao, David Cibula, Xiaohua Wu, Henrik Falconer, Jan Persson, Myriam Perrotta, Berit J Mosgaard, Ali Kucukmetin, Igor Berlev, Gabriel Rendon, Kaijiang Liu, Marcelo Vieira, Mihai E Capilna, Christina Fotopoulou, Glauco Baiocchi, Dilyara Kaidarova, Reitan Ribeiro, Silvana Pedra-Nobre, Roman Kocian, Xiaoqi Li, Jin Li, Kolbrún Pálsdóttir, Florencia Noll, Stuart Rundle, Elena Ulrikh, Zhijun Hu, Mihai Gheorghe, Srdjan Saso, Raikhan Bolatbekova, Audrey Tsunoda, Brandelyn Pitcher, Jimin Wu, Diana Urbauer, Rene Pareja
BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive radical trachelectomy has emerged as an alternative to open radical hysterectomy for patients with early-stage cervical cancer desiring future fertility. Recent data suggest worse oncologic outcomes after minimally invasive radical hysterectomy than after open radical hysterectomy in stage I cervical cancer. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to compare 4.5-year disease-free survival after open vs minimally invasive radical trachelectomy. STUDY DESIGN: This was a collaborative, international retrospective study (International Radical Trachelectomy Assessment Study) of patients treated during 2005-2017 at 18 centers in 12 countries...
January 2022: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology