Residual ovary after hysterectomy. Is castration at peri-menopause necessary to prevent ovarian cancer?
Kazadi Buanga, J.; Rovira Montane, J.; Laparte Escorza, M.; Lopez Garcia, G.
Revue Francaise de Gynecologie et d'Obstetrique 89(1): 15-20
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-290X PMID: 8134758 Document Number: 436936
Evaluation of the risk of ovarian carcinoma associated with uni or bilateral adnexal preservation following gynecological surgery for benign lesions. Gynecological surgery history of 190 patients with a primary ovarian carcinoma diagnosed and/or treated in the Navarre Teaching Hospital Group between 1981 and 1991 inclusive. Two patients, i.e. 1%, had undergone conservative surgery prior to the diagnosis of ovarian neoplasia. Ovary left in place after conservative surgery undergoes malignant change less than in the population as a whole.