The roles of laparoscopy in treating ovarian cancer

Chyi Long Lee, Nari Kay, Hsiu Lin Chen, Chih Feng Yen, Kuan Gen Huang*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Great advances in technology offer meticulous options of minimally invasive surgery to empower the gynecologists to manage patients of early ovarian cancer. Laparoscopy affords improved visualization of the pelvic peritoneum, diaphragm and the deep pelvic structures, and offers many advantages in the avoidance of long abdominal incision, including shorter hospital stay and a more rapid recovery time. Most studies showed that laparoscopy did not compromise the survival and recurrence prognosis in comparison with open abdominal approach of staging surgery. Contrarily, laparoscopy precludes the advantage of open surgery, such as manual examination of the full extent of the bowel and palpation of lymph nodes. Besides, laparoscopy technically hampers the removal of large ovarian mass, and laparoscopic cancer surgery has a potential risk of trocar site metastasis. As the trend shows that laparoscopy has been playing an important role in treating early ovarian cancer, we could expect laparoscopy to become an attractive surgical option in the future for ovarian cancers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9-14
Number of pages6
JournalTaiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume48
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 03 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Laparoscopy
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Port site metastasis
  • Unexpected malignancies

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