Abstract
Between 2007 and 2008, 11 patients>65 years of age underwent laparoscopy for ovarian tumors without malignancy or a prolapsed uterus at our center. The patients were treated according to our clinical pathology-based patient management strategy.
The average length of postoperative hospitalization was 7.2 days. Two patients developed postoperative complications, but there were no long-term sequelae. Even though the risk of preoperative complications is higher in elderly patients, laparoscopy is a less invasive procedure and is a safe and useful approach in these patients. Moreover, in this series, there were no barriers to clinical pathology-based treatment, which is also useful for elderly patients.
