Comparison of laparoscopic surgery and conventional laparotomy for surgical staging of patients with presumed low-risk endometrial cancer: The current state of Japan

• Main Authors: Imari Deura (Author), Muneaki Shimada (Author), Yukihiro Azuma (Author), Hiroaki Komatsu (Author), Kei Nagira (Author), Mayumi Sawada (Author), Tasuku Harada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: National health insurance coverage for the laparoscopic staging surgery for patients with stage IA endometrial cancer started from April 2014 in Japan. We conducted this retrospective study to evaluate the surgical outcomes of the laparoscopic surgery for patients with low-risk endometria...