A critical reassessment of second-look laparotomy in epithelial ovarian carcinoma
β Scribed by David S. Miller; Samuel C. Ballon; Nelson N. H. Teng; David B. Seifer; Olive M. Soriero
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 547 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
## BACKGROUND. The recurrence rate of ovarian carcinoma is high even when a second-look laparotomy (SLL) is negative. In the current study, the accuracy of peritoneal cytology as an evaluation method of SLL was examined. ## METHODS. The positive SLL rate and the diagnostic accuracy of peritonea
Prognosticators of outcome at second-look laparotomy (SLL) were evaluated in 49 patients with epithelial ovarian carcinoma undergoing SLL. Residual tumor volume was found to be the most significant prognosticator of outcome, with initial tumor stage being of secondary importance. Grade of tumor play
Ikirty-one patients underwent a negative second-look laparotomy between 1976 and 1986. Fourteen patients received intraperitoneal chromic phosphate (P-32) after a negative second-look laparotomy. There has been no local recurrence (zero of 14) and no deaths attributable to recurrent disease. Local c