Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy for early, invasive cervical carcinoma

Abstract Study Objective. To demonstrate the feasibility and evaluate the efficacy of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy for early, invasive cervical cancer. Design. Prospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). Setting. University-affiliated hospital. Patients Eighteen women (age range 29–70 yrs) with early, invasive cervical cancer. Intervention Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy. Measurements and Main Results Diagnoses were squamous cell carcinoma in 15 patients and adenocarcinoma of the cervix in 3; these were graded microcarcinoma in 6 and stage lb (