Laparoscopic Management Of Adnexal Masses During Pregnancy

The aim of this study was to evaluatie of adnexal masses cases that were diagnosed and laparoscopically treated during pregnancy in our clinic. This retrospective study included 18 cases that were diagnosed to have adnexal masses during pregnancy or referred from other clinics to our clinic and treated by laparoscopy between January 2005 and December 2009. Patient’s characteristics such as age, gravidity, parity, symptoms, gestational age at the time of diagnosis, sonographic findings, and type of laparoscopic surgery, operation time and hospitalization time were recorded. Eighteen women with adnexal masses during pregnancy who underwent laparoscopic surgery were included in this study. The average age of the patients was 28.5±4.3 (range 20–37) years and the average gestational age was 13.1±3.3 (range 8–20) weeks. The patients presented usually with pelvic pain. Adnexal cyst was mostly seen by ultrasonographic evaluation. Adnexal torsion was detected in 8 patients. Nine patients were in first trimester, other 9 patients were in second trimester. We performed laparoscopic cystectomy in 10 patients, detorsion and cystectomy in 6 patients and salpingoooferectomy in 2 patient’s. Mean adnexal mass size was 7.8±2.3 (range 5–15) cm. Mean operation time was 37.2±7.1 (25–50) minutes and mean hospitalization time was 1.8±0.6 (1–3) days. Abortion was not detected in our cases. According to these findings, laparoscopic surgery is the most appropriate treatment for patients with adnexal masses during pregnancy in the presence of expert surgeons. Laparoscopic surgery if performed by experienced surgeons seems to be safe and better management method for maternal-fetal health.