%0 Journal Article
%T Role of Ovarian Fertility Sparing Surgery (FSS) in Cases of Early Stage 1 Ovarian Cancer in Patients in Reproductive Age Group
%A Ahmed Essmat
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 732-741
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2021.116068
%X Objective: To assess the role of FSS in women with early stage 1 ovarian cancer. Methods: This was a retrospective analytic study of the results of treatment of 24
patients all under 40 years of age who underwent a full conservative staging
laparotomy procedure in oncology center of El Shatby Maternity hospital,
Alexandria University in the period of one year from October 2019 to September
2020. All patients were followed up for a six month period following surgery by
the pre-operatively elevated tumor marker and by a CT abdomen and pelvis to
detect any tumor recurrence. Results: The mean age at diagnosis was 24.29 Years. 6/24 (25%) of surface
epithelial tumor were G1, 8/24 (33.3%) were G2, 4/24 (16.7%) were G3. 20/24 (83.3%)
of patients were stage FIGO 1a, 4/25 (16.7%)
were stage 1b, and none of them was stage 1c. 20/24