LAPAROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT OVARIAN CYSTS - A 78-CASE NATIONAL SURVEY .1. PREOPERATIVE AND LAPAROSCOPIC EVALUATION

Authors
BLANC B BOUBLI L DERCOLE C NICOLOSO E
Citation
B. Blanc et al., LAPAROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT OVARIAN CYSTS - A 78-CASE NATIONAL SURVEY .1. PREOPERATIVE AND LAPAROSCOPIC EVALUATION, European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, 56(3), 1994, pp. 177-180
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Biology","Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03012115
Volume
56
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
177 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-2115(1994)56:3<177:LMOMOC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
This paper reports a retrospective multi-institutional French survey c arried out in 1992 to determine the incidence of laparoscopic manageme nt of malignant ovarian cysts. Of 5307 ovarian lesions treated endosco pically, 78 were malignant (1.47%) including 60 borderline tumors and 18 ovarian cancers. In 33% of cases preoperative diagnosis indicated t hat the tumor was benign. Preoperative findings were suspicious in 59% . Laparoscopic treatment was puncture in 23% of cases, partial exeresi s in 51% and total removal in 26%.