Impact of surgical staging in patients with macroscopic "stage I" ovarian borderline tumours: analysis of a continuous series of 101 cases |
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Authors: | Camatte Sophie Morice Philippe Thoury Anne Fourchotte Virgine Pautier Patricia Lhomme Catherine Duvillard Pierre Castaigne Damienne |
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Institution: | Department of Surgery, Institut Gustave Roussy, Service de Chirurgie, 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif Cedex, France. |
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Abstract: | The aim of this study was to assess the patient's clinical outcome following complete or incomplete surgical staging in cases treated for an early stage low-malignant-potential ovarian tumour (LMPOT). One-hundred and one patients treated between 1965 and 1998 for a early stage I LMPOT were reviewed according to whether the initial surgical staging was complete (Group 1/defined by peritoneal cytology + peritoneal biopsies + infracolic omentectomy) or incomplete (Group 2/omission of at least one of the peritoneal staging procedures described above). Complete and incomplete surgical stagings were carried out in 48 (48%) and 53 (52%) patients, respectively. Four (8%) LMPOT recurrences were observed in Group 2, all following conservative management, but there were no recurrences in Group 1. No relapses with invasive carcinoma or peritoneal disease and no tumour-related deaths were observed. The absence of complete peritoneal staging in patients with an apparent "stage I" LMPOT increased the recurrence rate. However, this surgical restaging (in cases of incomplete initial surgery) does not modify the survival of patients with apparent "stage I" LMPOT misdiagnosed during the initial surgery. This procedure could probably be omitted: (1) if the peritoneum is clearly reported as "normal" during the initial surgery; (2) in the absence of a micropapillary pattern; and (3) if the patient agrees to be carefully followed-up. |
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