Laparoscopic Debulking of Enlarged Pelvic Nodes during Surgical Para-aortic Staging in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study

Abstract

Laparoscopic pelvic lymph node debulking during para-aortic staging surgery in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer with suspicious nodes allows for the confirmation of metastatic lymph nodes without affecting survival or increasing surgical complications. This information improves the selection of patients requiring boost irradiation, thus avoiding overtreatment of patients with negative nodes.