Are radical excisions of pelvic lymph nodes complete or not?

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.