[Absence of peritonization after pelvic cancer surgery. Results in 157 cases]

Pelvic lymphadenectomy for genital cancer can lead to complications: particularly lymphoceles, post-operative fever, thromboembolism and lymphoedema. We compared two groups in a series of 157 patients treated by extended lymphadeno-colpo-hysterectomy for cancer of the uterine cervix, of the endometrium, of the ovary, of the vagina: Group I: 108/157 patients: visceral peritonization: lymphoceles: 23.1%, post-operative fever: 35.2%. Group II: 49/157 patients: visceral non-peritonization, lymphoceles: 6.1%, post-operative fever: 16.3%.