Urinary tract resections in advanced-stage cervical cancer - A series of eight cases

Abstract

Background/Aim: Cervical cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies in women worldwide and is unfortunately diagnosed in advanced stages of the disease. Whenever local invasion is present, neoadjuvant therapy might be needed in order to limit the degree of local invasion. However, in certain cases local invasion persists even after completing the neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy; in these patients more extensive resections might be needed in order to achieve a radical resection. Patients and Methods: We present a case series of eight patients in whom segmental ureteral or uretero-vesical resections were performed as part of the radical resections for locally advanced cervical tumors. Results: The continuity of the urinary tract was re-established by performing ureteral reimplantation via uretero-neocystostomy, augmentation cystoplasties with ureteral reimplantations. In a single case ureteral reimplantation was not feasible, a definitive cutaneous ureterostomy being performed. The postoperative course was uneventful in seven cases while in a single case urinary leak occurred, necessitating the exteriorization of the ureter in terminal cutaneous ureterostomy. Conclusion: Ureteral resections can be safely performed in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.