Laparoscopic management of stage I ovarian cancer. A case report.
A woman with stage I ovarian cancer refused traditional treatment and was managed laparoscopically. Both ovaries were removed intact via a culdotomy incision. Vaginal hysterectomy, omentectomy and laparoscopic lymphadenectomy followed. With the increasing frequency of laparoscopic oophorectomy, it clearly seems prudent to remove ovaries intact through the cul-de-sac whenever ovarian pathology is in doubt. Although the laparoscopic approach is as yet unproven, it is an alternative for a select group of well-informed women with borderline or low-grade ovarian malignancy.
Reich
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Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, Pennsylvania.
McGlynn
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Wilkie
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007045:Hysterectomy, Vaginal / Q000379:methods; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009852:Omentum / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000379:methods*