Resection of the vaginal vault for vaginal recurrence of cervical cancer after hysterectomy and brachytherapy

Table 1 Clinical features of the patients at the initial operation

	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5	Case 6	Case 7	Case 8
Age	69	35	43	41	33	30	44	49
Initial stage	0	0	0	Ia	Ia	Ia	IIa	IIb
Histology	AS in situ	CIS	AIS	SCC	AC	SCC	SCC	AS
Initial operation	TAH	TAH	MRH + BSO + PLA	TAH	RH + BSO + PLA	VTH	MRH + BSO	RH + BSO + PLA
Vaginal margin	Negative	Positive	Negative	NA	Negative	Positive	Positive	NA
Adaptation of radiation treatment	Adjuvant	Recurrence	Recurrence	Adjuvant	Recurrence	Recurrence	Adjuvant	Recurrence
Interval between initial operation and vaginectomy	12 M	13 M	44 M	12 M	9 M	38 M	12 M	10 M

AS, adenosquamous cell carcinoma; CIS, carcinoma in situ; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; AC, adenocarcinoma; TAH, total abdominal hysterectomy; MRH, modified radical hysterectomy; BSO, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; PLA, pelvic lymphadenectomy; RH, radical hysterectomy; VTH, vaginal total hysterectomy; NA, not available.

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