Minimizing Lymphatic Morbidity: Incidence of Lower Extremity Lymphedema After vNOTES-Assisted Sentinel Node Mapping in Endometrial Cancer
: vNOTES hysterectomy combined with retroperitoneal SLN mapping was associated with a low incidence of postoperative lower extremity lymphedema in this single-arm cohort. These findings suggest that vNOTES-assisted SLN mapping may represent a feasible minimally invasive approach for nodal assessment in selected patients with endometrial cancer. Prospective comparative studies are required to confirm these findings and to evaluate long-term oncologic and lymphatic outcomes.
Authors
- Duygu Kurtuluş (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-5912)
- Behzat Can (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3797-8227)
- Kevser Arkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5300-6536)
- Ali Deniz Erkmen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2137-2986)
- Sedat Akgol
- Gul Cavusoglu Colak
Institutions
- Gynecologic Oncology Group (US)
- Üsküdar University (TR)
- Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Istanbul Memorial Hospital (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Oncology
- Published
- 2026-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol33040208
- Primary Topic
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00