The treatment of invasive carcinoma of the cervix at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Ljubljana.

ABSTRACT

In this report the treatment of carcinoma of the cervix in the period from 1965 through 1972 at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Ljubljana, is presented. In that period 651 patients were admitted for treatment and 488 were operated; the operability was 73.8%. The primary mortality rate was 1.02% and the frequency of ureteral fistulas 1.93%. The 5-year survival rate were for stage I 81.8%-94.5% for stage Ia and 76.2% for stage Ib, for stage II 57.83% and for stage III 28.38%. The treatment and mortality for cases with positive lymph-nodes is discussed, and the results of treatment are also presented.