Objective: To evaluate the rate of para-aortic lymph node metastasis (LNM) among early-stage non-endometrioid carcinoma patients with comprehensive pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy.Correlations between para-aortic LNM and various clinical-pathological factors were also determined.Methods: Medical records and pathological findings on 56consecutive patients with non-endometrioid carcinoma who were surgically staged at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center from January 2006 to December 2011 were reviewed.Para-aortic lymphadenectomy was extended to the inferior mesenteric artery before January 2010, after which the procedure was modified to extend up to the renal vessels.