Ovarian surgery during pregnancy

Ovarian surgery during pregnancy.

In this issue, Koo and colleagues authored an interesting article entitled “An 11-year experience with ovarian surgery during pregnancy”. They investigated the characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women who underwent surgical intervention for ovarian neoplasm and found that either conventional laparotomy or laparoscopy approach could be successfully used in the management of ovarian tumor d...

Ovarian cancer during pregnancy.

The frequency of cancer during pregnancy is approximately 1 per 1000 live births. This rate may increase as more women postpone childbirth until later in life, when cancer becomes more frequent. Pregnancy affects management of the cancer, and the cancer affects the management of pregnancy. The most common malignancies, in order of frequency, are breast cancer, leukaemia and lymphomas as a group...

Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Ovarian Cystectomy during Pregnancy

The use of robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) in gynecologic oncology is rising rapidly; however, the role of this modality in obstetrics has not been widely investigated. During pregnancy, the surgical management of adnexal masses is traditionally approached via laparotomy or laparoscopy. RALS offers a minimally invasive approach secondary to improved instrument dexterity and precisi...

Diagnosis of ovarian dysgerminoma during pregnancy.

Ovarian Cancer during Pregnancy: Clinical and Pregnancy Outcome

The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical feature and pregnancy outcome in patients with ovarian cancer diagnosed during pregnancy. We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 27 patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer during pregnancy at Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center from January 1996 to December 2006. Mean age of the patients was 29.1 yr (range 23-40), and a...