Inclusion criteria
Patients with cervical cancer were diagnosed by cervical TCT, HPV,
biopsy and/or conization. After examination by two (or more)
gynecologists, patient was diagnosed as stage IA2, IB1, and IB2 using
2009 FIGO (International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
staging system.12 No neoadjuvant therapy (chemotherapy
or radiotherapy) was performed. The histologic types of pathology were
squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous cell
carcinoma. Patients underwent radical hysterectomy which includes ARH,
LRH, RRH and VRH with laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy. Surgery,
perioperative management, related clinical decision-making and
postoperative follow-up were executed by the same medical team.