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Published on: August 19, 2021
Laparoscopic-assisted staging surgery for Korean women with endometrial cancer
Jung Hun Lee1, Un Suk Jung, Min Sun Kyung
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background And Objective:
In recent years, the incidence of endometrial cancer has gradually increased in Korea, and the use of laparoscopically assisted staging surgery (LASS) is increasing in this field. We conducted this study to evaluate the feasibility of LASS in Korean women with endometrial cancer.
Methods:
We conducted a retrospective review of 35 Korean women with endometrial cancer who were managed laparoscopically.
Results:
The median age and BMI were 57 years (range, 28 to 81) and 25.8 kg/m2 (range, 20.9 to 37.2), respectively. The median operating time, estimated blood loss, and length of hospital stay were, respectively, 150 minutes (range, 95 to 410), 250 mL (range, 50 to 1000), and 8 days (range, 3 to 20). No conversion to laparotomy was noted. The median number of harvested lymph nodes was 22 (range, 10 to 41) in pelvic lymph nodes and 7 (range, 2 to 21) in paraaortic lymph nodes. No vault recurrence or port-site metastasis was noted until the last follow-up.
Conclusions:
LASS can be performed without additional morbidity and complications, and might be feasible in Korean women with endometrial cancer.
