Research Article
The Role of Para-Aortic Lymphadenectomy in the Surgical Staging of Women with Intermediate and High-Risk Endometrial Adenocarcinomas
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the PPALN and the PLN groups.
| | | PPALN*
| PLN**
| value |
| | Age | | | | | Mean (SD) | 63.1 (10.7) | 67.1 (9.5) | 0.002 | | Histology | | | | | Grade 3 endometrioid | 52 (44.4%) | 33 (23.7%) | 0.002 | | Papillary serous | 23 (19.7%) | 45 (32.4%) | | | Clear cell | 9 (7.7%) | 15 (10.8%) | | | Grade 2 endometrioid | 4 (3.4%) | 2 (1.4%) | | | Mixed | 25 (21.4%) | 43 (30.9%) | | | Stage | | | | | I | 66 (55.9%) | 74 (53.2%) | 0.33 | | II | 7 (5.9%) | 12 (8.6%) | | | III | 35 (29.7%) | 33 (23.7%) | | | IV | 10 (8.5%) | 20 (14.4%) | | | Lymphovascular invasion | | | | | No | 52 (47.7%) | 83 (64.8%) | 0.008 | | Yes | 57 (52.3%) | 45 (35.2%) | | | Myometrial invasion | | | | | No | 60 (52.6%) | 88 (64.7%) | 0.05 | | Yes | 54 (47.4%) | 48 (35.3%) | | | Intraoperative complications | | | | | None | 99 (86.1%) | 124 (89.9%) | 0.44 | | 1 or more | 16 (13.9%) | 14 (10.1%) | | | Postoperative complications | | | | | None | 54 (46.6%) | 79 (57.2%) | 0.09 | | 1 or more | 62 (53.4%) | 59 (42.8%) | |
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Pelvic and para-aortic lymph node group.
**Pelvic lymph node group.
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