ArticleJSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Laparoscopic ovarian surgery in children and adolescents.
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- International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology (IPSO) Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Guidelines.Ecancermedicalscience · 2026Article
- The Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Management of Ovarian Cysts, Masses, and Their Complications in Fetuses, Infants, Children, and Adolescents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Ovarian neoplasms - the role of minimally invasive surgery.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
- The role of the minimally invasive surgery in the management of paediatric liver tumours.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
- The role of laparoscopy in paediatric and adolescent gynaecology.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2020Review
- Evaluation of the usefulness of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of adnexal pathologies in the pediatric population.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2020Article
- Ovarian torsion and laparoscopy in the paediatric and adolescent population.BMJ case reports · 2020Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesAlthough laparoscopy is widely used in gynecologic surgery in adults, few studies have been undertaken to examine its use in young and adolescent patients. This study was conducted to investigate the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of benign ovarian disease in children and adolescents.
methodsA retrospective chart review was conducted on 106 patients (age, <20 years) who underwent laparoscopic surgery at Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital from 2006 through 2012.
resultsThe mean patient age was 17.1 years, and the youngest one was 8. Pathologic analyses revealed that 32 (30.2%) patients had dermoid cyst, 30 (28.3%) had simple cyst, and 15 (14.2%) had endometrioma. Conservative procedures, such as cystectomy (48.1%), aspiration (5.7%), fulguration (4.7%), and detorsion (3.8%), were performed in 65.1% of all cases. A subanalysis revealed that the surgical outcomes of children (age, ≤15 years), including operative time, estimated blood loss, postoperative hemoglobin decrease, and postoperative length of hospital stay, were comparable to those of adolescents (age, 16-19 years), despite significant differences in mean height between the 2 groups (156.1 ± 10.71 cm in children vs. 162.1 ± 5.14 cm in adolescents; P < .0001). (The age break between the study groups was set at 15 years, because most girls reach their adult height between the ages of 15 and 16 years.) No intra- or perioperative complications were noted. In a comparison study of surgical outcomes in 433 women (age, 20-50 years) and the 106 young and adolescent girls in our sample (age, <20 years), those in our patients were not inferior.
conclusionIn children and adolescents, laparoscopic surgery can be successfully performed with conventional instruments designed for use in adults.
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