Relaparotomy in advanced ovarian carcinoma.
Patients with Stage III ovarian carcinoma were treated either with extensive initial surgery and postoperative radiation therapy (17 patients) or with a less extensive initial laparotomy, postoperative radiation therapy and relaparotomy (19 patients). Better results were obtained among the patients in the latter group.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis