PURPOSE Locally advanced cervical cancer may present with uncontrollable vaginal bleeding in up to 70% of cases. Pelvic vessel embolization has been used as an urgent maneuver for achieving fast hemostatic control. This report describes outcomes of selective pelvic vessel embolization in patients with severe bleeding due to a locally advanced cervical cancer. METHODS In this retrospective study, technical aspects, clinical variables, and bleeding-related morbidity were described. The frequency of recurrent disease and the vital status at 1 year of follow-up were determined. Analysis was performed with statistical software R, version 3.6.2. The setting was Instituto Nacional de Cancerología- Bogotá, Colombia, between January 2009 and July 2017. RESULTS A total of 47 patients were included. Median age was 44 years (range, 26-70 years). The pre-embolization median hemoglobin level was 7.9 g/dL (range, 5.0-11.3 g/dL). Blood transfusions were administered to 41 women (87.2%). Bleeding control was achieved in 95.7% of cases in the first 24 hours after the embolization. There were no major complications. In 17 cases (36.2%), minor complications were reported; the most common was pelvic pain. In 17.1% of cases, a second embolization was required. After 12 months of follow-up, 27.7% of patients were alive without disease, 44.7% were alive with disease, and 25.5% of them have died of cervical cancer progression. CONCLUSION Selective pelvic vessel embolization is a useful alternative in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer and life-threatening bleeding. Its impact on recurrent disease and death due to oncologic cause is not clear.
Objetivo: La cirugía laparoscópica por puerto único (LESS) es una técnica mínimamente invasiva de uso factible en el manejo del cáncer ginecológico. El objetivo de este artículo es describir una serie de pacientes sometidas a cirugía mínimamente invasiva por puerto único, por el grupo de ginecología oncológica del Instituto Nacional de Cancerología en Bogotá, Colombia, durante el periodo de enero de 2016 a diciembre de 2018.
Métodos: Serie de casos descriptiva, retrospectiva, de mujeres mayores de 18 años que recibieron tratamiento quirúrgico de lesiones preinvasivas cervicales, cáncer ginecológico y cirugía reductora de riesgo en la institución por la técnica de puerto único, entre noviembre de 2016 y diciembre de 2018. Se incluyeron desenlaces clínicos y quirúrgicos. Se realizó un análisis univariado en el software estadístico R Project versión 3.6.2.
Resultados: Se incluyeron para el análisis final 73 casos. La mediana de edad fue 45 años SD±9,69 (rango 27-74). El tiempo quirúrgico fue 57 minutos SD±69,96 (rango 25-380). El sangrado medio estimado fue 20cc SD±19,62 (rango 5-100). Una paciente (1,37%) requirió conversión a laparotomía y 56 (76,71%) fueron dadas de alta el mismo día del procedimiento.
Conclusión: En este estudio, la cirugía laparoscópica por puerto único demostró ser una técnica quirúrgica factible y segura para pacientes con patología oncológica ginecológica.
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