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  • Title: Laparoscopic management of selected adnexal masses.
    Author: Sadik S, Onoglu AS, Gokdeniz R, Turan E, Taskin O, Wheeler JM.
    Journal: J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc; 1999 Aug; 6(3):313-6. PubMed ID: 10459033.
    Abstract:
    STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the significance, safety, and intraoperative and immediate postoperative outcomes of laparoscopic management of adnexal masses thought to be at low risk for malignancy. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING: Tertiary-care teaching hospital. PATIENTS: Two hundred twenty women undergoing laparoscopic surgery for adnexal masses. INTERVENTIONS: Laparoscopic treatment including cystectomy, oophorectomy, adnexectomy, and peritoneal cytology, and, if necessary, frozen sections. A histologic diagnosis was obtained in every patient. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Only one ovarian cancer and one borderline ovarian tumor were diagnosed by histologic examination, and both were managed by laparotomy. The remaining 218 patients had laparoscopy for benign adnexal masses. CONCLUSION: Operative laparoscopy with the finding of incidental ovarian malignancy is rare, as shown by pathologic examination. With appropriate preoperative evaluation, laparoscopic surgery is technically feasible, safe, and advantageous, with minimal morbidity, and should replace laparotomy in the management of most adnexal masses. (J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 6(3):313-316, 1999)
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