[Surgical treatment of carcinomas of the cervix stage III (author's transl)]

This study is devoted to the analysis of the surgical treatment of cancer of the uterine cervix, stage III. Three circumstances are evaluated: - Stage III with urinary disease the purpose of the surgical treatment is most often to save the renal function;--Recurrences after radiotherapy where surgery is the only possible treatment;--Stage III - Three attitudes are pointed out: Radical operation primary. Systematic surgery after preoperative radiotherapy. In the Institut Gustave-Roussy (IGR), Villejuif, exploaratory caeliotomy was performed after a preoperative irradiation of twenty Grays. The post-operative irradiation was then adapted according to the surgical evaluation.