Incomplete initial surgery complicates subsequent management of ovarian tumors. This study aimed to study demographic and clinical factors associated with incompletely staged ovarian tumor patients.

Twenty five patients who had undergone incomplete staging surgery for ovarian tumors outside Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, were included in this study. Their demographic and clinical features were studied in detail. Patients were either subjected to restaging or were referred for chemotherapy initially.

Mean age of patients was 42 years (23—60 years); 64% of patients had abdominal pain as initial complaint; 64% patients were operated initially using a transverse incision. Only four patients were managed laparoscopically initially, others by laparotomy. Single/part of one ovary was removed in 60% of patients as part of initial surgery. Infundibulopelvic ligament was tied distally in 40% of patients. Omentectomy (Om) and lymphadenectomy were not done in most of the patients. Nineteen patients were found to have malignancy on final histopathological examination; 3 borderline malignancy; 1 granulosa cell tumor; and 2 benign tumors; 52% (n = 13) patients were subjected to chemotherapy; 4% (n = 1) were observed, and rest underwent restaging procedures.

Incompletely staged ovarian tumor patients, especially those with malignant histopathology, should be managed by gynecologic oncologists. The management needs to be individualized and cannot be a blanket therapy.

Kamath A, Dave P, Mankad M. Evaluation of Incompletely Staged Ovarian Malignancy: A Study in Western India. J South Asian Feder Menopause Soc 2017;5(2):133-137.