Lymphadenectomy in Early Ovarian Cancer

"* open or minimally invasive surgical approach~* cytologic examinations~* All peritoneal surfaces should be visualized, and any peritoneal suspicious for metastasis should be selectively excised or biopsied~* BSO and hysterectomy~* For selected patients desiring to preserve fertility, USO or BSO with uterine preservation may be considered~* Omentectomy~* Para-aortic lymph node dissection should be performed by stripping the nodal tissue from the vena cava and the aorta bilaterally to at least the level of the inferior mesenteric artery and preferably to the level of the renal vessels~* The preferred method of dissecting pelvic lymph nodes is bilateral removal of lymph nodes overlying and anterolateral to the common iliac vessel, overlying and medial to the external iliac vessel, overlying and medial to the hypogastric vessels, and from the obturator fossa at a minimum anterior to the obturator nerve"

"* open or minimally invasive surgical approach~* cytologic examinations~* All peritoneal surfaces should be visualized, and any peritoneal suspicious for metastasis should be selectively excised or biopsied~* BSO and hysterectomy~* For selected patients desiring to preserve fertility, USO or BSO with uterine preservation may be considered~* Omentectomy~* In open approach surgery, exploring the pelvic and Para-aortic lymph node with hand. In minimally invasive surgery, the peritoneal above the pelvic and Para-aortic lymph node area should be open and visualized.Biopsy and frozen section of the suspicious lymph nodes"