title: Giant ovarian tumor removed after preoperative drainage, with abdominoplasty. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Giant ovarian tumors are rarely seen in modern surgical practice. Cardiopulmonary complications associated with the removal of such tumors are serious problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  An ovarian tumor weighing 55 kg was removed from a 33-year-old woman without cardiorespiratory complications using preoperative drainage and abdominoplasty by excision of the excess skin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Preoperative drainage before and abdominoplasty after removal of giant ovarian tumors are effective.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. hkoshiba@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koshiba
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kitawaki
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honjo
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Okumura
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care