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Matoda, Maki Cancer Institute Hospital
Okamoto, Sanshiro Cancer Institute Hospital
Kondo, Eiji Cancer Institute Hospital
Kato, Kazuyoshi Cancer Institute Hospital
Omatsu, Kohei Cancer Institute Hospital
Umayahara, Kenji Cancer Institute Hospital
Utsugi, Kuniko Cancer Institute Hospital
Takeshima, Nobuhiro Cancer Institute Hospital
Keywords
Cervical cancer
Vaginal recurrence
Radiotherapy
Vaginal vault resection
Postoperative complications
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Journal Article
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Background: We describe our experiences with vaginal vault resection for vaginal recurrence of cervical cancer after hysterectomy and radiotherapy. After operative treatment, the rate of vaginal vault recurrence of uterine cervical cancer is reported to be about 5%. There is no consensus regarding the treatment for these cases.
Methods: Between 2004 and 2012, eight patients with vaginal vault recurrence underwent removal of the vaginal wall via laparotomy after hysterectomy and radiotherapy.
Results: The median patient age was 45 years (range 35 to 70 years). The median operation time was 244.5 min (range 172 to 590 min), the median estimated blood loss was 362.5 mL (range 49 to 1,890 mL), and the median duration of hospitalization was 24.5 days (range 11 to 50 days). Two patients had intraoperative complications: a grade 1 bowel injury and a grade 1 bladder injury. The following postoperative complications were observed: one patient had vaginal vault bleeding, three patients developed vesicovaginal fistulae, and one patient had repeated ileus. Two patients needed clean intermittent catheterization. Local control was achieved in five of the eight cases.
Conclusions: Vaginal vault resection is an effective treatment for vaginal recurrence of cervical cancer after hysterectomy and radiotherapy. However, complications of this procedure can be expected to reduce quality of life. Therefore, this operation should be selected with great care.
Journal Title
World Journal of Surgical Oncology
ISSN
14777819
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BioMed Central|Springer Nature
Volume
13
Start Page
137
Published Date
2015-04-02
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© 2015 Abe et al.; licensee BioMed Central. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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