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OBJECTIVE: To determine factors affecting voiding recovery on the day of Foley catheter removal (postoperative day 7, POD7) after nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy (NSRH) for early-stage cervical cancer. METHODS: Early-stage cervical cancer patients, who underwent type C1 radical hysterectomy between January 2006 and June 2016 were included. Clinical and pathological data were reviewed. Association between inability to attain adequate voiding function on POD7 and potential predicting factors were evaluated in univariate and multivariate analysis. RESULTS: Of 755 patients, 383 (50.7%) resumed adequate voiding function on POD7 while 372 (49.3%) did not. Tumor size was larger in patients whose voiding function was inadequate (2.5 vs. 2.0 cm, p=0.001). Lengths of resected parametria and adjacent vagina were more extensive in patients with inadequate voiding function (p 4 cm (p 4 cm, postoperative urinary tract infection, and primary surgeon were significantly associated with inability to attain adequate voiding function on POD7. CONCLUSION: Extent of disease represented by tumor size, urinary tract infection as well as individual surgeon's technique independently predict resumption of adequate voiding function on POD7 following NSRH.
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Humans , Catheters , Conization , Hysterectomy , Multivariate Analysis , Urinary Tract Infections , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms , VaginaABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: Retrospective evaluation of the outcome of stage IVB, recurrent or persistent cervical cancer treated with cisplatin and generic topotecan (CT) in a tertiary care hospital in Thailand. METHODS: The medical records of patients treated with CT regimen at Chiang Mai University Hospital between January 2005 and December 2007 were reviewed and analyzed. The treatment protocol consisted of IV topotecan 0.75 mg/m2 on days 1, 2, and 3; combined with cisplatin 50 mg/m2 IV on day 1 and repeated every 21 days until progression or unacceptable toxicity for a maximum of 6 cycles. The outcomes were evaluated based on the response rate, progression free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) by using the World Health Organization criteria. The adverse effects of the treatments were also determined. RESULTS: Twenty-one cervical cancer patients received the CT regimen. The tumor response rate was 28.6%. The median PFS and OS was 4 and 11 months, respectively. With 87 cycles of chemotherapy, the most common grade 3 & 4 hematologic toxicity was neutropenia (57.9%). CONCLUSION: Advanced and recurrent cervical cancer patients treated with cisplatin and generic topotecan had a favorable outcome with manageable toxicity.