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Review
. 2021 Sep:75:65-71.
doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2021.04.005. Epub 2021 May 6.

Radical vaginal trachelectomy

Thomas Ind  1
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Review

Radical vaginal trachelectomy

Thomas Ind. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

Radical vaginal trachelectomy (RVT) is the oldest fertility-sparing procedure for stage 1b cervical cancer. For that reason, there are more published data for RVT than for all the other radical trachelectomy approaches. However, there are no randomised controlled studies between RVT and radical hysterectomy proving the comparability of survival and no randomised controlled studies comparing a vaginal approach with open, standard laparoscopy and robotic approaches. This article intends to describe the case selection, the procedure and outcomes for RVT.

Keywords: Cervical cancer; Cervical cerclage; Complications; Premature labour; Trachelectomy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest Thomas Ind declares that there are no conflict of interests relevant to this article.