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Annals of Oncology Advance Access published online on January 14, 2005
Annals of Oncology, doi:10.1093/annonc/mdi083
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© 2005 European Society for Medical Oncology
Received May 26, 2004
Revised October 22, 2004
Accepted October 25, 2004

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Laparoscopic management of borderline ovarian tumors: results of a French multicenter study

R. Fauvet 1, J. Boccara 1, C. Dufournet 1, C. Poncelet 1, and E. Daraï 1*

1 Service de Gynécologie, Hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, Paris, France

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
E. Daraï, E-mail: emile.darai{at}tnn.ap-hop-paris.fr


  Abstract

Background: Laparoscopy in the management of women with borderline ovarian tumors remains controversial. We therefore evaluated the adequacy of initial laparoscopic staging according to FIGO guidelines, by comparison with laparotomy.

Patients and methods: In a French retrospective multicenter study of 358 women with borderline ovarian tumors, we compared epidemiological characteristics, sonographic findings, serum tumor marker levels, and surgical and histological parameters between women undergoing laparoscopy and women undergoing laparotomy.

Results: One hundred and forty-nine (41.6%) of the 358 women underwent laparoscopy. Mean age, mean gestity and parity, and mean tumor size were higher in the laparotomy group. Forty-two women (28.2%) underwent laparoconversion, mainly for suspected ovarian cancer or large tumor volume. Conservative treatment and cyst rupture were more frequent in the laparoscopy group than in the laparoconversion and laparotomy groups (P <0.0001). The rate of complete staging was lower in the laparoscopy group than in the laparoconversion and laparotomy groups (P <0.0001), with no difference between these latter two groups. No difference in the recurrence rate was noted between the groups, but a higher recurrence rate was observed after conservative treatment (P <0.001).

Conclusions: Laparoscopic management of borderline ovarian tumors is associated with a higher rate of cyst rupture and incomplete staging. Recurrence was more frequent after conservative treatment. Whatever the surgical route, the rate of complete initial staging was low, emphasizing the need to respect treatment guidelines for borderline ovarian tumors.

Keywords: borderline ovarian tumor; laparoconversion; laparoscopy; laparotomy; recurrence.
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