Evaluation of the patient includes assessing the extent of disease and performance status for surgery.
Exploratory laparotomy determines the extent of disease and the appropriateness of planned surgery.
The choice of exenterative procedure varies according to the site and extent of recurrence. The benefits and limitations of surgical approaches to recurrent cervical cancer are carefully appraised in this detailed review. Along with well-established procedures, experimental techniques are reported for pelvic sidewall recurrences which traditionally are associated with a particularly poor prognosis. Summary Two thousand women of reproductive age were interviewed regarding their contraceptive behaviour. Of the married women participating in the survey, very few used any form of contraception for the first 2 years of marriage, or immediately postpartum.