Radical hysterectomy for early stage cervical cancer: laparoscopy versus laparotomy.

In our small set of patients, it did not reach statistical significance; however, the trend is similar to what has been reported before and adds credence to the overall argument for the use of laparoscopy as an alternative to laparotomy. 7 , 9 , 10 , 16 , 17 , 19 , 22 Additionally, there were no operative complications in the laparoscopic group, which also supports previous findings that laparoscopy is a safe alternative. 10 , 13 , 16 – 23 Long-term cancer outcome data are not available in our series due to small numbers and short follow-up.

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