Radical Trachelectomy for the Treatment of Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess surgical, oncologic, and pregnancy outcomes in patients undergoing radical vaginal, abdominal, or laparoscopic trachelectomy for the treatment of early-stage cervical cancer, using a methodic review of published literature.

Data sources

PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library sources, including ClinicalTrials.gov, were searched from 1990-2019 with terms "cervical cancer" and "(vaginal, abdominal, open, minimally invasive, or laparoscopic) radical trachelectomy." Grey literature and unpublished data were omitted.

Methods of study selection

After removal of duplicates from a combined EndNote library of results, 490 articles were reviewed using Covidence software. Two reviewers screened titles and abstracts, and then screened full texts. Selection criter

SUBMITTER: Smith ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7528402 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature