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The Wertheim–Meigs operation (named after Ernst Wertheim and Joe Vincent Meigs) is a surgical procedure for the treatment of cervical cancer performed by way of an abdominal incision.
A Radical Hysterectomy or Wertheim's Hysterectomy is an operation performed to treat cancer affecting the uterine cervix. The cervix is the lower one-third of the uterus or womb. When cells in the cervix grow abnormally, a tissue mass called a tumor forms. Tumors can be benign or malignant.
Jan 14, 2017 · In standardizing the radical abdominal hysterectomy, Wertheim took the first necessary step toward the development of a safe and feasible operation for the treatment of locally invasive cervical cancer—an undertaking equally rooted in surgical technique and management of operative morbidities.
- Alexa L Swailes, Allison Gockley, Rébécca Phaëton, Joshua P. Kesterson
- 2017
May 13, 2022 · In 1898, Wertheim, a Viennese physician, developed the radical total hysterectomy with removal of the pelvic lymph nodes and the parametrium. In 1905, Wertheim reported the outcomes of his...
Radical Wertheim hysterectomy is performed predominantly for stage IB and early stage IIA carcinoma of the cervix and for stage I carcinoma of the vagina. It is also appropriate for stage II adenocarcinoma of the endometrium (corpus excervicus).
Mar 15, 2023 · This is also called Wertheim's hysterectomy and involves your womb, cervix, Fallopian tubes and ovaries, part of the vagina and lymph glands being removed. This operation is done for cancer. Hysterectomy may be carried out by: Laparoscopic hysterectomy (keyhole surgery).
Mar 9, 2022 · The Austrian gynecologist Ernst Wertheim (1864-1920) was a pioneer in the surgical treatment of cancer. The principle of Wertheim’s hysterectomy was to remove the uterus and the cervix with appropriate parametrium and tissues surrounding the upper vagina and pelvic lymph nodes.
