[Ovarian transposition with per-celioscopy before curietherapy in stage IA and IB cancer of the uterine cervix].

Ovarian preservation is recommended for young patients with early invasive cancer of the uterine cervix. We describe the laparoscopic technique of ovariopexy we performed among seven patients before brachytherapy and Wertheim surgery and we report our functional results: menopause was avoided in four instances but three failures were observed. The laparoscopic procedure could be improved with coagulation and section of the utero-ovarian ligament, mobilization of the infundibulopelvic ligament; finally the ovary could be transposed in the paracolic gutter. According to the authors, this protocol must be applied only to patients with stage IA or IB squamous cervical cancer, aged less than 35 years.