Patients with advanced cervical cancers often have direct invasion of their carotid arteries. The prognosis for these patients with nonsurgical therapy is extremely poor. Because complete tumor removal is the only therapy that can offer these patients a chance for cure, carotid resection should be performed. We performed carotid resection and reconstruction on nine patients with advanced cervical cancers. Of these patients, none suffered from severe neurologic postoperative complications such as permanent hemiplegia. Three of the nine patients have been disease free for more than 24 months. These three patients would not have survived without carotid resection. Further study will show the usefulness of carotid resection and reconstruction in decreasing the morbidity and mortality in patients with cervical cancer involving the carotid artery.
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