Surgical management and perioperative morbidity of patients with primary borderline ovarian tumor (BOT)

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	Primary approach via laparotomy		Primary laparoscopic approach		P
	(n = 61)	(58.1%)	(n = 44)	(41.9%)
Age, median (years)	59		47		0.006 ^a
range	13-85		16-86
≤40	10	16.4%	16	36.4%	0.023 ^c
41-55	18	29.5%	16	36.4%	0.528^c
56-65	12	19.7%	5	11.4%	0.294^c
>65	21	34.4%	7	15.9%	0.044 ^c
FIGO stage
I A/B	40	65.6%	19	43.2%	0.029 ^c
I C	13	21.3%	19	43.2%	0.019 ^c
II A-C	1	1.6%	2	4.5%	0.570^c
III A/B	3	4.9%	3	6.8%	0.693^c
III C	4	6.6%	1	2.3%	0.396^c
IV	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Histologic subtype
serous	27	44.3%	32	72.7%	0.005 ^c
seromucinous	2	3.3%	5	11.4%	0.127^c
mucinous	30	49.2%	6	13.6%	< 0.001 ^c
endometrioid	2	3.3%	1	2.3%	1.000^c
Implants
yes	8	13.1%	2	4.5%	0.140^b
- invasive	1		0
- non-invasive	7		2
no	53	86.9%	42	95.5%
Ascites
none	27	44.3%	18	40.9%	0.468^b
< 500 ml	22	36.1%	11	25.0%
> 500 ml	8	13.1%	2	4.5%
unknown	4	6.6%	13	29.5%
CA 125	44.6			48.5	0.804^a
range	2-2770			6-360
elevated	27	44.3%	16	36.4%	0.594^b
within normal limits	24	39.3%	11	25.0%
unknown	10	16.4%	17	38.6%
BMI, median	23,4		24.1		0.904^a
range	17,7-43,0		18.6-35.3	17,7-43,0
< 19	3	4.9%	1	2.3%	0.677^b
19-24	23	37.7%	15	34.1%
24-30	19	31.1%	11	25.0%
>30	8	13.1%	2	4.5%
unknown	8	13.1%	15	34.1%
ASA, median	2		2		0.010 ^a
range	1-3		1-3	1-3
1	7	11.5%	13	29.5%	0.020 ^b
2	31	50.8%	14	31.8%
3	9	14.8%	3	6.8%
unknown	14	23.0%	14	31.8%

Overview of the characteristics of all BOT patients (n = 105). Sixty-one patients undergoing primary laparotomy were opposed to 44 patients receiving primary laparoscopy.
( ^a : Mann–Whitney U test, ^b : Chi ² test, ^c : Fisher’s exact test).

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