Laparoscopy Versus Laparotomy in the Treatment of High-Risk Endometrial Cancer: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.

pmc-status-qastatus 0 pmc-status-live yes pmc-status-embargo no pmc-status-released yes pmc-prop-open-access yes pmc-prop-olf no pmc-prop-manuscript no pmc-prop-legally-suppressed no pmc-prop-has-pdf yes pmc-prop-has-supplement no pmc-prop-pdf-only no pmc-prop-suppress-copyright no pmc-prop-is-real-version no pmc-prop-is-scanned-article no pmc-prop-preprint no pmc-prop-in-epmc yes pmc-license-ref CC BY-NC-ND OPEN-ACCESS TRUE INTRODUCTION Endometrial cancer (EC) is one of the most common gynecologic malignancies, occupying the sixth place in malignant tumor throughout the world with an increasing trend. 1 The initial treatment of EC is comprehensive staging surgery, which consists of total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy and peritoneal cytology. 2 Laparotomy is the traditional approach, but laparoscopic surgery is widely proposed recent years

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