Publications by authors named "Maria A Perez-Benavente"
Article Synopsis
- - The report investigates the use of radioguided occult lesions localization (ROLL) for surgically excising isolated relapses of gynecologic tumors, highlighting its technical aspects and complications.
- - Eight patients underwent ROLL procedures, successfully removing all targeted lesions without significant intraoperative complications; the average surgery lasted 120 minutes with minimal blood loss.
- - The findings suggest that ROLL surgery is a promising new approach for treating isolated recurrences in gynecological cancers, although one postoperative complication was noted.
Aim: Endometrial cancer is often associated with obesity. We want to compare the outcomes of surgical staging according to the surgical approach in patients with a body mass index ≥35 kg/m .
Methods: A retrospective cohort study with 138 patients with endometrial cancer and body mass index ≥35 kg/m with different surgical staging routes: laparotomy (LPT; n = 94) and minimally invasive surgery (MIS): laparoscopy (LPC; n = 18) + robotic assisted laparoscopy (n = 26).
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification with SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy imaging in the early stage invasive cervical cancer in patients undergoing radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy.
Methods: Between March 2007 and June 2009, a prospective consecutive study was designed for SLN mapping. Twenty-two patients with cervical cancer FIGO stage IB1 (n=20) or stage IIA1 (n=2) underwent SLN identification with preoperative SPECT/CT and planar images (technetium-99m colloid albumin injection around the tumor) and posterior intraoperative detection with both blue dye and a handheld or laparoscopic gamma probe.
Study Objective: To estimate the feasibility and results of sentinel lymph node identification and radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy entirely completed by laparoscopy versus laparotomy in early stage cervical cancer.
Design: Retrospective, nonrandomized clinical study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).
Setting: Acute care, teaching hospital.
Objectives: To determine the usefulness of sentinel lymph node biopsy in early stage vulvar cancer and to assess recurrences after surgical treatment with sentinel node identification or surgical treatment without sentinel node identification.
Methods: We reviewed the records of 55 patients with early stage vulvar cancer operated on between 1995 and 2005. A prospective series of 28 patients who underwent vulvectomy and lymphadenectomy with intraoperative sentinel lymph node identification between 2000 and 2005 (SLN group) was compared with a retrospective series of 27 patients who underwent vulvectomy and lymphadenectomy without sentinel node procedure between 1995 and 2000 (non-SLN group).
Study Objective: To describe the feasibility and outcome of total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy in early cervical cancer.
Design: Retrospective, nonrandomized study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).
Setting: Acute-care, teaching hospital.
Background: We present a case of umbilical metastasis after laparoscopic retroperitoneal paraaortic lymphadenectomy for cervical cancer.
Case: A 59-year-old woman with stage IIIB cervical adenocarcinoma underwent laparoscopic paraaortic lymphadenectomy as well as a conventional laparoscopy to assess the presence of peritoneal carcinomatosis. The pathologic examination revealed metastasis in one paraaortic node.
Objectives: To describe the feasibility and results of total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy with intraoperative sentinel lymph node identification in patients with early cervical cancer.
Methods: Between March 2001 and October 2003, 12 patients with FIGO stage IA(2) (n = 1) or IB(1) (n = 11) cancer of the cervix underwent surgical treatment through the laparoscopic route. All patients underwent a laparoscopic sentinel node identification with preoperative lymphoscintigraphy (technetium-99 m colloid albumin injection around the tumor) and intraoperative lymphatic mapping with isosulfan blue dye and a laparoscopic gamma probe followed by systematic bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy and laparoscopic type II (n = 5) or type III (n = 7) hysterectomy.
Objectives: We investigated the feasibility of sentinel lymph node identification using radioisotopic lymphatic mapping with technetium-99m-labeled human serum albumin and isosulfan blue dye injection in patients undergoing radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy for treatment of early cervical cancer.
Methods: Between September 2000 and October 2002, 25 patients with cervical cancer FIGO stage I (n=24) or stage II (n=1) underwent sentinel lymph node detection with preoperative lymphoscintigraphy (technetium-99m colloid albumin injection around the tumor) and intraoperative lymphatic mapping with blue dye and a handheld or laparoscopic gamma probe. Complete pelvic or paraaortic lymphadenectomy was performed in all cases by open surgery or laparoscopic surgery.