CORRELATION OF PERIOPERATIVE MORBIDITY AND CONIZATION TO RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY INTERVAL

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 59  (6) , 726-731
Abstract
Between Oct. 1969-Dec. 1980, radical hysterectomies were performed on 311 patients [with cervical carcinoma] at the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham [Alabama, USA]. The hospital records of these patients were reviewed for perioperative morbidity. A total of 122 patients (39.2%) had had previous cold knife conization [for diagnosis]. The conization to radical hysterectomy interval varied between 48 h and 8 wk. An analysis of the perioperative morbidity was performed comparing patients with, to those without, prior conization. Previous cervical conization, regardless of the interval, was not associated with increased hospital stay, operative time, blood loss or febrile morbidity in patients undergoing radical hysterectomy. A radical hysterectomy may be safely performed after cervical conization, regardless of the intervening interval.