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Table 3 Surgical stage

From: Laparoscopic surgical staging for uterine malignancies using harmonic shears (UltraCision) in comparison to electrosurgery: operative technique, feasibility and complications

Uterine cancer

ELC

US

Total

Endometrial cancer

  Ia (no myometrial invasion)

4 (18.8)

3 (4.4)

7 (7.8)

 Ib (myometrial invasion up to 50%)

5 (22.1)

33 (49.2)

38 (42.6)

  Ic (myometrial invasion >50%)

10 (45.4)

25 (37.3)

35 (39.3)

  IIIa

1 (4.5)

1 (1.4)

2 (2.2)

  IIIc

2 (9.0)

5 (7.4)

7 (7.8)

  Lymph node positive

2 (9)

5 (7.4)

7 (7.8)

  Pelvic lymph node positive

2 (9)

5 (7.4)

7 (7.8)

  Infra-aortic lymph positive

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Cervical cancer

  I A 1

2 (28.5)

3 (13.0)

5 (16.6)

  I A 2

5 (71.5)

10 (43.4)

15 (50.0)

  I B 1

0 (0)

4 (17.3)

4 (13.3)

  Locally advanced cancer

0 (0)

6 (26.0)

6 (20.0)

  Lymph node positive

0 (0)

2 (8.6)

2 (6.6)

  1. Data are expressed as number and percentage (in parentheses)