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Inadvertent rupture of benign cystic teratoma does not impair future fertility
Moty Pansky1, Dana Shade, Miki Moskovitch
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
Objective:
We sought to investigate the reproductive outcomes of women who underwent laparoscopic removal of benign cystic teratoma with or without intraoperative spillage.
Study Design:
The reproductive outcomes of reproductive age women following laparoscopic removal of benign cystic teratoma from 1997 through 2007 were investigated by a telephone questionnaire.
Results:
In all, 128 reproductive age women underwent benign cystic teratoma removal, and reproductive outcomes were available for 45. Among those 45 women, intraoperative spillage occurred in 16 (35.6%). The rate of spontaneous pregnancies was significantly lower for the nonspillage compared to the intraoperative spillage groups (20/29 [68.9%] vs 16/16 [100%], respectively; P = .01). However, the median time from surgery to the first pregnancy was similar (22 and 18.5 months, respectively; P = .9). From the 9 remaining women in the nonspillage group, 4 conceived with ovulation induction, 2 conceived with in vitro fertilization, and 3 were infertile.
Conclusion:
Intraoperative spillage of benign cystic teratomas does not lead to long-term infertility.
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