[Experience with laparoscopic surgery for adnexal masses at the Regional Hospital of Temuco, Chile].
BACKGROUND
Laparoscopic surgery has clear advantages over open surgical procedures. In gynecology, laparoscopic surgery for adnexal masses in pre or post menopausal women has been used for several years.


OBJECTIVE
To report the experience with gynecologic laparoscopic surgery at the Temuco Regional Hospital.


METHODS
Between 1996 and 1998, laparoscopic surgery was done in 96 patients aged 16 to 56 years and open surgery in 56 patients aged 15 to 74 years, with a clinical or ultrasound diagnosis of adnexal masses or ovarian dermoid cysts.


RESULTS
The most frequent tumors excised were epithelial and germinal cell. Laparoscopic surgery required a mean operative time of 69.9 min and it had a 3.1% of complications. Women subjected to this type of surgery had a mean hospital stay of 3.1 days and the mean postoperative stay was 2 days. Open surgery required an operative time of 69 min and it had no postoperative complications. The mean hospital stay for women subjected to this type of procedure was 9.5 days.


CONCLUSIONS
Women subjected to laparoscopic surgical procedures for adnexal masses had a shorter hospital stay than women subjected to open surgical procedures.
Celis
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R
Unidad de Ginecología, Hospital Regional de Temuco, Chile.
Sierralta
P
P
Valdés
P
P
Leiva
A
A
Soto
E
E
D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002677:Chile; D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors