Trachelectomy

Trachelectomy
Diagram showing the parts removed with a trachelectomy
ICD-9-CM67.4

In gynecologic oncology, trachelectomy, also called cervicectomy, is a surgical removal of the uterine cervix. As the uterine body is preserved, this type of surgery is a fertility preserving surgical alternative to a radical hysterectomy and applicable in selected younger women with early cervical cancer.

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