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An attempt was made in this paper to present the relationship between the o
perative procedure and remainder of lymph nodes after the radical surgery f
or the cervical cancer using pelvic lymphography systems.
In the first stage (1971 similar to 1980), residual rate of lymph nodes was
7.3%. In this group, high radical rates were observed in the regions of in
ternal iliac (12.8%), and obturator (10.5%).
In the second stage (1981-1990), residual rate was 3.3%. Residual rate of i
nternal iliac and obturator were 6.3%, 3.6% respectively.
This residual rate owed to some attempts of operative procedure.