Possibilities of Surgical Treatment of Vulva Cancer in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Background. At the end of 2019, a new coronavirus infection emerged in the People’s Republic of China. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced the start of the COVID­19 pandemic. During 2018, 2068 patients with malignant neoplasms of the vulva were identified, with the majority of...

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Main Authors: Sh. Kh. Gantsev, O. N. Lipatov, K. V. Menshikov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bashkir State Medical University 2020-12-01
Series:Креативная хирургия и онкология
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Online Access:https://www.surgonco.ru/jour/article/view/526
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spelling doaj-a14961ce891545cda2d825a023bf64942021-07-28T13:20:40ZengBashkir State Medical UniversityКреативная хирургия и онкология2307-05012076-30932020-12-0110426426910.24060/2076-3093-2020-10-4-264-269397Possibilities of Surgical Treatment of Vulva Cancer in the Context of the COVID-19 PandemicSh. Kh. Gantsev0O. N. Lipatov1K. V. Menshikov2Bashkir State Medical UniversityBashkir State Medical UniversityBashkir State Medical University; Republican Clinical Oncological DispensaryBackground. At the end of 2019, a new coronavirus infection emerged in the People’s Republic of China. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced the start of the COVID­19 pandemic. During 2018, 2068 patients with malignant neoplasms of the vulva were identified, with the majority of patients aged 75–79 years. Surgical treatment is currently the main treatment method for vulva cancer (VC) patients. According to most authors, surgical treatment is the only method providing good long­term results. One of the approaches to reducing the volume of surgical treatment in such patients is the selective biopsy of the sentinel lymph node (SLN).Aim. To apply the method of SLN biopsy in VC patients with the purpose of reducing the amount of surgical treatment and surgical complications, as well as shortening hospital stay in the context of the COVID­19 pandemic.Materials and methods. This paper presents the results of surgical treatment of 19 patients with malignant neoplasms of the vulva. All the patients were at risk for a complicated course of COVID­19 due to age and concomitant pathologies. In 13 cases, vulvectomy with SLN biopsy was performed. SLN biopsy was performed by radioisotope lymphoscintigraphy.Results and discussion.A decrease in the duration of hospital stay and the absence of surgical complications characteristic of lymphadenectomies were noted.Conclusion. Reducing the duration of hospital stay in the context of the COVID­19 pandemic is an urgent task. The method of SLN biopsy in patients with invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva with T1A — T2 was found to be effective, allowing the amount of surgical treatment to be reduced. Vulvectomy accompanied by SLN biopsy is the surgical treatment of choice in the context of strict anti­epidemiological measures in the COVID­19 pandemic.https://www.surgonco.ru/jour/article/view/526vulvar cancercovid­19coronavirus infectionsentinel lymph nodevulvectomylymphoscintigraphylymphadenectomy
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author Sh. Kh. Gantsev
O. N. Lipatov
K. V. Menshikov
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O. N. Lipatov
K. V. Menshikov
Possibilities of Surgical Treatment of Vulva Cancer in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Креативная хирургия и онкология
vulvar cancer
covid­19
coronavirus infection
sentinel lymph node
vulvectomy
lymphoscintigraphy
lymphadenectomy
author_facet Sh. Kh. Gantsev
O. N. Lipatov
K. V. Menshikov
author_sort Sh. Kh. Gantsev
title Possibilities of Surgical Treatment of Vulva Cancer in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Possibilities of Surgical Treatment of Vulva Cancer in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Possibilities of Surgical Treatment of Vulva Cancer in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Possibilities of Surgical Treatment of Vulva Cancer in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Possibilities of Surgical Treatment of Vulva Cancer in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort possibilities of surgical treatment of vulva cancer in the context of the covid-19 pandemic
publisher Bashkir State Medical University
series Креативная хирургия и онкология
issn 2307-0501
2076-3093
publishDate 2020-12-01
description Background. At the end of 2019, a new coronavirus infection emerged in the People’s Republic of China. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced the start of the COVID­19 pandemic. During 2018, 2068 patients with malignant neoplasms of the vulva were identified, with the majority of patients aged 75–79 years. Surgical treatment is currently the main treatment method for vulva cancer (VC) patients. According to most authors, surgical treatment is the only method providing good long­term results. One of the approaches to reducing the volume of surgical treatment in such patients is the selective biopsy of the sentinel lymph node (SLN).Aim. To apply the method of SLN biopsy in VC patients with the purpose of reducing the amount of surgical treatment and surgical complications, as well as shortening hospital stay in the context of the COVID­19 pandemic.Materials and methods. This paper presents the results of surgical treatment of 19 patients with malignant neoplasms of the vulva. All the patients were at risk for a complicated course of COVID­19 due to age and concomitant pathologies. In 13 cases, vulvectomy with SLN biopsy was performed. SLN biopsy was performed by radioisotope lymphoscintigraphy.Results and discussion.A decrease in the duration of hospital stay and the absence of surgical complications characteristic of lymphadenectomies were noted.Conclusion. Reducing the duration of hospital stay in the context of the COVID­19 pandemic is an urgent task. The method of SLN biopsy in patients with invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva with T1A — T2 was found to be effective, allowing the amount of surgical treatment to be reduced. Vulvectomy accompanied by SLN biopsy is the surgical treatment of choice in the context of strict anti­epidemiological measures in the COVID­19 pandemic.
topic vulvar cancer
covid­19
coronavirus infection
sentinel lymph node
vulvectomy
lymphoscintigraphy
lymphadenectomy
url https://www.surgonco.ru/jour/article/view/526
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