Laparoscopic cystectomy (LPSC)
Laparoscopic cystectomy is also known as the laparoscopic removal of the ovarian cyst.
When is the surgical procedure required?
A cystectomy is performed after the ovarian cyst that reguires surgery is diagnosed.
What does the surgery include?
Laparoscopic cystectomy is the endoscopic, minimally invasive, surgical method to remove the ovarian cyst. If the surface of the ovary showed signs of malignancy, the removal of the adnexa in an endoscopic bag and urgent histological analysis of the specimen would be necessary. If the histological analysis verifies malignancy, the surgery would continue by laparotomy approach. Laparoscopy is performed through the incision under the navel, measuring 5 to 10 mm, where the needle is inserted and carbon dioxide is insufflated in the abdomen. It enables the examination of the pelvic organs followed by the insertion of a special type of the telescope (laparoscope) with a camera through the same incision. The procedure continues with one or two important incisions in the lower abdomen through which the surgical instruments are inserted. The surgery is performed under general anesthesia.
How to get prepared?
Physical examination and tests indicated by the anaesthesiologist (laboratory tests, ECG, heart and lung X-ray scan, physical examination by other specialist) should be performed. Day before surgery a patient should eat light food and stop smoking and drinking alcohol and not take anything orally after a night’s sleep. The patient stays in hospital for two or three days after the surgery.
Related tests and examinations:
Gynecologic examination broaden with ultrasound examination and Color-Doppler sonography (CD). Physical examination and tests indicated by the anaesthesiologist (laboratory tests, ECG, heart and lung X-ray scan, physical examination by other specialist) should be performed.