PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mubiao Liu
AU  - Lei Li
AU  - Yuanli He
AU  - Dongxian Peng
AU  - Xuefeng Wang
AU  - Wei Chen
AU  - Xiafei Fu
AU  - Ying Ma
TI  - Comparison of Laparoscopy and Laparotomy in the Surgical Management of Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer
AID  - 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000033
DP  - 2014 Feb 01
TA  - International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer
PG  - 352--357
VI  - 24
IP  - 2
4099  - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/24/2/352.short
4100  - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/24/2/352.full
SO  - Int J Gynecol Cancer2014 Feb 01; 24
AB  - Objective The aim of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of laparoscopy in the treatment of early-stage ovarian cancer (EOC).Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of patients who underwent laparoscopy (35 patients) or laparotomy (40 patients) for the comprehensive surgical staging of EOC in Zhujiang Hospital during the period of 2002 to 2010 and compared the 2 surgical approaches in operative time, intraoperative blood loss, number of dissected lymph nodes, tumor rupture rate, length of hospital stay, time of gastrointestinal function recovery, wound healing condition, complication rate, upstaging rate, rate of postoperative chemotherapy, and postoperative follow-up condition.Results The laparoscopy group had significantly shorter hospital stay and time of first postoperative flatus and had significantly lower rate of poor wound healing than the laparotomy group. The 2 groups did not show significant differences in operative time, intraoperative blood loss, number of dissected lymph nodes, tumor rupture rate, complication rate, upstaging rate, and rate of postoperative chemotherapy.Conclusions Laparoscopy is safe and effective for the comprehensive surgical staging of EOC and has the advantages of shorter hospital stay, faster recovery of gastrointestinal function, and good wound healing.