Complications of surgical treatment of cervical carcinoma

A total of 302 patients with stage Ib and IIa cervical carcinoma were submitted to radical hysterectomy and lymphadenectomy during the period from 1980 to 1994. The morbidity rate was 37.5% and the mortality rate 0.6%. The most common intraoperative complications were injuries to the great pelvic ve...

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Main Authors: F.S. Abrão, R.C. Breitbarg, A.T. Oliveira, F.A. Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1997-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997000100005