[To the historical development of the abdominal radical operation (author's transl)]

The most important stages in the development of the abdominal radical operation of the carcinoma of the cervix are discussed. These different stages are associated with the following names: Freund and collaboratores; Ries, Rumpf, Clark, Latzko; Wertheim; Bumm; Latzko and Schiffmann; Okabayashi and Meigs. After having reached the limits of the radicality with respect the extirpation of parametrial tissue samples the main emphasis should be the complete lymphonodectomy in the future.