Fertility-Preserving Surgery in Patients with Early Stage Cervical Carcinoma

Table 2

Tumor characteristics of patients underwent vaginal radical trachelectomy.

	Number of patients	Stage IA1 with LVSI	Stage IA2	Stage IB1	Tumor size <2 cm	Tumor size >2 cm	Median tumor size (cm)	SCC	AC or Adeno SCC	Other histology
Plante et al.; 2011 [34]	140	7	30	97	121	19	nr	78	62	—
Lanowska et al.; 2011 [64]	212	34	47	131	206	6	nr	154	58	—
Pahisa et al.; 2008 [14]	15	0	0	15	12	3	nr	9	6	—
Sonoda et al.; 2008 [65]	43	1	7	28	nr	nr	nr	24	19	—
Milliken and Shepherd 2008 [66]	158	—	3	152	nr	nr	nr	103	41	14
Chen et al.; 2008 [67]	16	3	7	6	9	7	1.3 (0.2–3)	14	2	—
Marchiole et al.; 2007 [68]	118	10	19	83	62	21	1.66 ± 0.91	90	25	3
Beiner and Covens 2007 [51]	93	39	22	31	85	8	nr	40	50	3
Schlaerth et al. 2003 [69]	12	—	8	2	10	2	nr	4	6	2
Burnett et al.; 2003 [70]	21	—	1	20	nr	nr	1.1 (0.3–3.0)	12	9	—

LVSI: lymph vascular space involvement, SCC: squamous cell carcinoma, AC: adenocarcinoma, AdenoSCC: adeno squamous cell carcinoma, nr: not reported.