WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2000: Re: Laparoscopy?

Re: Laparoscopy?

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:38:42 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Mare wrote: >
>Hi!. I'm 20 and last week during an ultrasound my doctor found a 5cm
>heterogeneous mass near my right ovary. She recommended surgery, and
>doesn't want to use laparoscopy so that she can check the other tissues
>and immediatly proceed if the mass is malignant. Another doctor said it
>was a dermoid cyst and recommended laparoscopy. I have no symptoms, and
>CA-125 was negative.Which option do you consider best for me, and how
>urgent is the surgery?

Find a surgeon who is comfortable with the laparoscope, and have it done that way. You can always convert a laparoscopy into an open case in the unlikely event that you have to, but you can't go the other way, and an open case is a lot more difficult to recover from. As for urgency, assuming that this mass has been stable for a month or so, and your symptoms are not urgent, it can safely be performed any time in the next month or so.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
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