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Table 3 Laparoscopic fertility-sparing staging for presumed early stage adnexal cancers; systematic review of literature and current data

From: Laparoscopic fertility-sparing surgery for early stage ovarian cancer: a single-centre case series and systematic literature review

Study

Data collection

Patients (n)

Epithelial histotype (n)

Recurrence (n)

Pregnancy (n)/women seeking pregnancy (n)

Follow-up (months)

Leblanc [7]

Prospective

9

*

0

3/not reported

*

Muzii [9]

Prospective

15

11

1

3/not reported

*

Nezhat [10]

Retrospective

5

5

1

*

*

Cheng [11]

Retrospective

17

17

1

5/8

61 (17–115)

Brockbank [12]

Prospective

16

*

1

*

*

Current study

Prospective

11†

4

1

5/5

28 (7.3–101)

Total

 

73

-

5 (6.8%)

-

-

  1. *Not possible to discriminate data related to women with EOC undergoing fertility sparing procedures from those who had comprehensive staging.
  2. †One patient upstaged after intial fertility-sparing surgery has been excluded as she ultimately underwent a comprehensive staging.