Laparoscopic approach to early stage endometrial cancer: is needed further evidence?

Palomba S, Falbo A, Russo T, Piccione F, Biamonte M, Rocca M, Zullo, Zullo F

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Palomba et al. BMC Geriatrics 2010, 10(Suppl 1):A70 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/10/S1/A70 MEETING ABSTRACT Open Access Laparoscopic approach to early stage endometrial cancer: is needed further evidence? 1* 1 2 2 2 1 1,2S Palomba , A Falbo , T Russo , F Piccione , M Biamonte , M Rocca , F Zullo From de Senectute: Age and Health Forum Catanzaro, Italy. 5-7 December 2009 Background advantage in terms of post-operative complications A recent meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (OR=0.5, 95%CI 0.3 to 0.8, P=0.008) were reported after (RCTs) showed that laparoscopic approach to endo- laparoscopic surgery in comparison with laparotomic. metrial cancer was effective in terms of overall, disease- A significantly longer operative time was observed for free and cancer-related survival [1]. The aim of the the laparoscopic procedure than for the laparotomic one current study was to update until September 2009 data (OR=35.6, 95%CI 1.9 to 69.3, P=0.

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• Publié par: biomed
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 3
• Langue: English

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