What is a trachelectomy?
Trachelectomy, also known as cervickectomy, is a surgical removal of the cervix, the neck of the uterus. Daniel Dargent developed in France Dr. Daniel Dargent in the mid -90s as an alternative to radiation therapy and radical hysterectomy, surgery, in which the whole uterus and uterus are removed, trachelectomy maintains the uterine body intact in an attempt after healing. Generally there are two variants: simple and radical. Tissue samples are removed from the mucous membrane for the analysis; If pre -marked cells are discovered, this biopsy can be removed. If cancer spreads, it can be a radical trachelectomy by another resort. It is often accompanied by lymphadenectomy, surgical by removal of lymph nodes using laparoscopic tools. Its efficiency is at the same level as radical hysterctomy for the treatment of cervical cancer if tumors are between two and three centimeters (0.78 to 1.18 inches).
After the upper part of the vagina was attached to the uterus, Cerclage or the cervical stitch is permanently placed on the passage from the cervix to the uterine cavity. That is why full pregnancies in women who had this procedure culminated in the coesarian section-the bottom cannot get down on the birth canal. When it comes to recovery, radical trachelectomy is usually considered faster and less painful than simple trachelectomy. Women may expect to have pregnancy after they have been completely renewed, the time range between six and nine months after surgery.
After surgery, radical trachelectomy and radical hysterectomy, they have a similar level of recurrence, 4 percent and death after recurrence, 2 percent. About 37 percent of women who chose radical trachelectomy bears fully. After radical hysterectomy, there is no chance of maintaining fertility.
Gynecological oncologists perform a trachelectomy in young women with cancer cancera suppository. In some cases, the upper part of the vagina and pelvic lymph nodes are also removed. There may be a higher tendency to abortion for women who have undergone trachelectomy.
often appeared and diagnosed on paw coatings, approximately 471,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year around the world. In the US alone, about 3,500 women die of invasive forms of illness. In some cases, oophorectomy, surgical removal of one or both ovaries can go hand in hand with trachelectomy.