title: Surgery of malignant ovarian tumors.
abstract: As currently recognized, the essential aspects of ovarian carcinoma surgery are: (1) the search for occult metastases in tumors located in the lower pelvis, (2) the maximum tumor removal ("tumor-reductive surgery") in advanced ovarian carcinoma and (3) the exploratory laparotomy to confirm a complete clinical remission ("second-look operation").
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation