Benign ovarian tumors.

The aim of this study was to analyze whether, in a series of benign ovarian tumors, the diagnosis could be reliably established and whether the surgical treatment was appropriate. All patients underwent the preoperative evaluation and laparotomy was performed in all cases. The patients were followed for up to 3-8 years after surgery. Demolition surgery (mono or bilateral adnexiectomy with hysterectomy) was more frequently performed in postmenopausal women, while conservative surgery (enucleation, monolateral adnexiectomy) was done in fertile women. Evaluation of the treatment in our series shows that the surgical approach was more aggressive than necessary with respect to the histological diagnosis. Although in the serous and mucinous form tumors on can not rule out the possibility of malignancy in the remaining part of the ovary, the current approach should be more conservative, with enucleation of the mass and preservation of the ovary.