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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Learning Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy: Are We Facing an Emerging Situation?

Graziella Moufawad, Antonio Simone Laganà, Nassir Habib, Vito Chiantera, Andrea Giannini, Federico Ferrari, Amerigo Vitagliano, Luigi Della Corte, Giuseppe Bifulco, Zaki Sleiman

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Graziella MoufawadDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lebanese American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Beirut 1100, Lebanon.
Antonio Simone LaganàUnit of Gynecologic Oncology, ARNAS "Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli", Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1543-2802
Nassir HabibObstetrics and Gynecology Department, Francois Quesnay Hospital, 78200 Mantes-La-Jolie, France.
Vito ChianteraUnit of Gynecologic Oncology, ARNAS "Civico-Di Cristina-Benfratelli", Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Andrea GianniniDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, PhD Course in "Translational Medicine and Oncology", Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4388-0082
Federico FerrariDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7065-2432
Amerigo VitaglianoUnit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Biomedical and Human Oncologic Science, University of Bari, 70100 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2824-5435
Luigi Della CorteDepartment of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0584-2181
Giuseppe BifulcoDepartment of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Zaki SleimanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lebanese American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Beirut 1100, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0002-9663-9217

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite wide screening campaigns and early detection, cervical cancer remains the fourth most common cancer among women. Radical hysterectomy, whether by open, laparoscopic or by robotic-assisted techniques, is the mainstay treatment. However, for adequate surgical results and good oncological prognosis, a gynecological surgeon should be trained to perform those procedures. The learning curve of radical hysterectomy, especially by laparoscopy, is influenced by several factors. The LACC trial, the decrease in cervical cancer incidence and radical hysterectomy procedures have widely reduced the learning curve for surgeons. This article mainly discusses the learning curve of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for cervical cancers, and how several factors are influencing it negatively, with the need to have medical authorities reset specific surgical training programs and allocate them to special oncological centers.

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LaparoscopyUterine Cervical NeoplasmsFemaleHumansHysterectomyLearning CurveNeoplasm StagingRetrospective Studiesabdominal radical hysterectomycervical cancerLACC triallaparoscopic radical hysterectomylearning curverobotic radical hysterectomy

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PMID36767419
PMCPMC9915887

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