Background Recent reports have stirred the debate regarding the optimal conservative
treatment for both serous and mucinous borderline ovarian tumour (BOT). The aim of this …

Standard management of borderline ovarian tumours (BOT) is historically radical and based
on hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and peritoneal staging. But, as 1/3 of …

Background Laparoscopy in the management of women with borderline ovarian tumors
remains controversial. We therefore evaluated the adequacy of initial laparoscopic staging …

BACKGROUND The purpose of the current study was to examine the surgical management
of women with borderline ovarian tumors and the adequacy of initial staging according to the …

Objectives. To investigate the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic surgery in patients with
early ovarian cancer. Patients and methods. Between 05-1996 and 06-2003, 24 patients …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the role of laparoscopy for staging of early ovarian cancers.
STUDY DESIGN: Case-series conducted at the University Hospital with 36 patients who had …

The aim of this study was to assess the patient's clinical outcome following complete or
incomplete surgical staging in cases treated for an early stage low-malignant-potential …

OBJECTIVE.: A rising number of patients affected by ovarian masses suspected of
borderline ovarian tumor are operated on primary laparoscopic procedure. METHODS …

Background This is an updated version of the original review that was first published in the
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Laparoscopy has become an …

BACKGROUND: During the childbearing years, the standard fertility-sparing treatment for
bilateral borderline ovarian tumours (BOTs) is the unilateral oophorectomy plus controlateral …