How sparing is fertility-sparing surgery for early-stage cervical cancer?

Fertility-Sparing Surgery for Early-Stage Cervical Cancer

Nowadays cervical cancer is diagnosed in many women who still want to have children. This led to the need to provide fertility-sparing treatments. The main goal is to maintain reproductive ability without decreasing overall and recurrence-free survival. In this article, we review data on procedures for fertility preservation, namely, vaginal and abdominal trachelectomy, less invasive surgery an...

Laparoscopic Fertility Sparing Management of Cervical Cancer

Fertility sparing surgery in early stage epithelial ovarian cancer

OBJECTIVE Fertility sparing surgery (FSS) is a strategy often considered in young patients with early epithelial ovarian cancer. We investigated the role and the outcomes of FSS in eEOC patients who underwent comprehensive surgery. METHODS From January 2003 to January 2011, 24 patients underwent fertility sparing surgery. Eighteen were one-to-one matched and balanced for stage, histologic typ...

laparoscopic fertility sparing management of cervical cancer

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Robotic-Assisted Fertility-Sparing Surgery for Early Ovarian Cancer

OBJECTIVE To show the feasibility and safety of robotic-assisted laparoscopic fertility-sparing surgery for earlystage ovarian cancer in women of reproductive age. METHODS AND DESIGN The first patient was a 29-year-old para 0 woman with well-differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the ovary and complex endometrial hyperplasia with marked atypia. The second patient was a 31-year-old para...