title: Selected adnexal cystic masses in postmenopausal women can be safely managed by laparoscopy.
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of laparoscopic treatment for adnexal cystic masses that were predicted to be benign in postmenopausal women. Postmenopausal women found to have an adnexal cystic mass were retrospectively evaluated with transvaginal ultrasonography, and serum CA-125 levels. The selection criteria were adnexal cystic masses greater than 3 cm but less than 10 cm, the masses were in the benign range (4-8) of Sassone's scoring system for transvaginal ultrasonography, and the patients had serum CA-125 levels less than 65 IU/mL. Two hundred nineteen women fulfilled the criteria and underwent operative laparoscopy. Almost all the masses (99.5%) were accurately predicted to be benign except for one borderline ovarian tumor. Two hundreds thirteen (97.3%) women were successfully managed by operative laparoscopy and six (2.7%) required laparotomy. For the patients managed by laparoscopy, the mean operative time was 51.3 min; the mean hospital stay was 2.5 days. There was no significant morbidity and surgery-related mortality. The combination of the Sassone's scoring system for transvaginal ultrasonography and serum CA-125 level can accurately predict benign cystic masses, and operative laparoscopy is technically feasible and safe for the management of adnexal mass in postmenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chul Jung
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ji Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sun-Joo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byoung Gie
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Je-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Duk-Soo
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Chang-Soo
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D003560:Cysts / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen