Table 1 The management of decidualised endometriomas in the literature
Author | No of cases | Management | Surgical approach | Intervention | Gestation at intervention | Pregnancy outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sammour | 2 | Surgical | Laparoscopy converted to laparotomy | Oophorectomy | 16/40 | NVD at term |
Surgical | Laparoscopy | Salpingo-oophorectomy | NS | NVD at term | ||
Tazegul | 1 | Surgical | NS | Cystectomy | 12/40 | NS |
Poder | 1 | Expectant | 38/40 | Caesarean section and salpingo-oophorectomy | ||
Guerriero | 1 | Expectant | 37/40 | Caesarean section, frozen section, cystectomy | ||
Fruscella | 1 | Surgical | Laparotomy | Cystectomy | 18/40 | Caesarean section at term |
Miyakoshi | 1 | Surgical | Laparotomy | Salpingo-oophorectomy | 22/40 | NS |
Tanaka | 1 | Surgical | NS | Cystectomy | 12/40 | NS |
Barbieri | 3 | Surgical | Laparoscopy | Frozen section, cystectomy | 14/40 | NVD at term |
Expectant (declined surgery 24/40) | 36/40 | Concomitant Caesarean section and frozen section, cystectomy | ||||
Expectant (declined surgery at 10/40) | Expectant | 10/40 | Miscarriage | |||
Iwamoto | 1 | Surgical | Laparotomy | Salpingo-oophorectomy | 22/40 | NS delivery at term |
Yoshida | 2 | Surgical | Laparotomy | Oophorectomy | 28/40 | NS delivery at term |
Surgical | Laparotomy | Cystectomy | 16/40 | NS | ||
Sayasneh | 1 | Expectant | Expectant | NVD at term | ||
Machida | 3 | Surgical | Laparotomy | Salpingo-oophorectomy | 19/40 | PROM - TOP 21/40 |
Surgical | Laparotomy | Salpingo-oophorectomy | 14/40 | NVD at term | ||
Surgical | Laparotomy | Frozen section, cystectomy | 14/40 | NVD at term | ||
Asch | 1 | Surgical | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Ueda | 3 | Surgical | NS | Salpingo-oophorectomy | NS | NS |
Surgical | NS | Salpingo-oophorectomy | NS | NS | ||
Expectant | NS | |||||
Mascilini | 13§ | Surgical | NS | NS | NS | NS |
5 | Expectant | Concomitant Caesarean section and NS cystectomy or oophorectomy | ||||