Comparing oncological outcomes of robotic versus open surgery in the treatment of endometrial cancer.

Purpose: Robotic surgery has been incorporated in the treatment of endometrial cancer, with evidence suggesting that minimal access surgery offers advantages over laparotomy including less blood loss, lower rate of perioperative complications, and accelerated postoperative recovery. The laparoscopic approach to cervical cancer (LACC) study has recently demonstrated inferior survival outcomes in cervical cancer patients treated with minimal access surgery including robotic surgery. It is, therefore, imperative that further evaluation of the latter in endometrial cancer is performed.

En Bloc Resection of Sentinel Lymph Nodes with the Hysterectomy Specimen in Endometrial Cancer.

Objective: We demonstrate the surgical technique of removing the sentinel lymph nodes with its afferent lymphatic vessels attached to the hysterectomy specimen.

Design: Stepwise demonstration of the technique with narrated video footage.

Setting: Sentinel lymph node sampling has been established as an acceptable staging method in endometrial cancer cases.

En-block cytoreduction for advanced ovarian cancer.

The standard treatment of advanced ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer is cytoreductive surgery followed by platinum-based chemotherapy (du Bois et al., 2005). This type of cancer expands through the peritoneum, which is the thin and continuous epithelial layer covering the abdominopelvic cavity and abdominal organs.

Differences in Patterns of Recurrence Between Primary and Interval Debulking Surgery for Advanced Ovarian Cancer.

Background/aim: This study aimed to identify differences in the pattern and timing of recurrence in patients with advanced ovarian cancer undergoing primary (PDS) or interval debulking surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT).

Patients And Methods: Data were prospectively collected on 105 patients from June 2016 to March 2020.

Results: There were 30 (50%) recurrences in the PDS group compared to 32 (72.

Radical Surgical Procedures in Advanced Ovarian Cancer and Differences Between Primary and Interval Debulking Surgery.

Background/aim: We aimed to identify differences in cytoreduction rates and procedures performed in patients with advanced ovarian cancer undergoing primary (PDS) or interval debulking surgery (IDS).

Patients And Methods: Data were collected prospectively on 110 consecutive patients from June 2016 to Mar 2020.

Results: Forty-nine patients (44.

Efficacy of 5% imiquimod for the treatment of Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia-A systematic review of the literature and a meta-analysis.

Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VaIN) is an uncommon disease associated with HPV and is considered to be a precursor of vaginal carcinoma. To date, treatment recommendations vary with no universally accepted standard of care as best treatment modality. Nevertheless, 5% imiquimod appears to be a promising, alternative, non-invasive treatment option.

The OPPIuM technique: office hysteroscopic technique for the preparation of partially intramural leiomyomas.

Uterine fibroids, also known as leiomyomas, represent the most common benign tumors of the female genital tract. Submucosal leiomyomas are classified into three grades: G0, GI, GII according to the degree of their intramural proportion. A recently developed technique enables the preparation of G1 and G2 leiomyomas for their subsequent successful resection in a second step.