Laparoscopic management of adnexal cystic masses.
Four hundred twenty of 481 patients with adnexal cystic masses (508 cysts) confirmed by laparoscopy were treated by translaparoscopic surgery only.  The remaining 61 patients were treated by laparotomy for one of the following reasons:  malignancy or suspicion of malignancy (19 cases) and dense adhesions or large cysts (42 cases).
Polyclinique Gynecologie Obstetrique Medecine de la Reproduction, Université Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010310:Parovarian Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*