Objective:The purpose of this study was to evaluate differences in morbidity,progression-free interval,and survival in women with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer treated with initial chemotherapy versus initial sur...
Objective: Surgery is the cornerstone of management in ovarian cancer. However, in high-risk and elderly patients there is a tendency for less aggressive surgery upfront. The aim of this study was to review cytoreduct...
Objectives. Currently, we are unable to predict which patients are most likely to undergo successful debulking of ovarian cancer. We investigated the impact of clinical and surgicalpathologic factors at the time of in...
Studies from the colorectal literature have shown that factors associated with anastomotic leak after colorectal resection include long surgical time (>2 h), multiple blood transfusions, and short distance to the anal...
Spontaneous pregnancy is rare after radical cytoreduction and intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Case. We present a case of a 28- year-old female with extensive, bulky malignant peritoneal epitheliod mesothelioma who under...
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess prognostic factors that may have an impact on overall survival in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer who underwent extensive primary cytoreductive surgery (de...
Objective: This study was undertaken to evaluate the role of secondary cytoreduction in patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer. Study design: Secondarily, cytoreduced patients were retrospectively analyzed ...
Objective. The study was performed to evaluate the results of treatment of ovarian carcinoma after the introduction of centralised primary surgery in the County of North Jutland, Denmark. Method. Prospective study of ...
Objective. To determine whether perioperative packed red blood cell (PRBC) and fresh frozen plasma (FFP) transfusions during ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal cancer surgery increase the risk of symptomatic postoperative ...
Objectives. To evaluate the efficacy of a hyaluronate-carboxy-methylcellulose (HA-CMC) barrier for prevention of pelvic adhesion formation in women undergoing primary cytoreductive surgery with radical oophorectomy fo...