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Ovarian drilling, also known as multiperforation or laparoscopic ovarian diathermy, is a surgical technique of puncturing the membranes surrounding the ovary with a laser beam or a surgical needle using minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures. [1] It differs from ovarian wedge resection, which involves the cutting of tissue.
Wedge resection is a surgical procedure to remove a triangle-shaped slice of tissue. It may be used to remove a tumor or some other type of tissue that requires removal and typically includes a small amount of normal tissue around it. It is easy to repair, does not greatly distort the shape of the underlying organ and leaves just a single ...
Laparoscopic ovarian drilling: This 'update' of ovarian wedge resection employs a unipolar coagulating current or puncture of the ovarian surface with a laser in four to ten places to a depth of 4±10 mm on each ovary.
Patients with an ovarian pregnancy have a good prognosis for future fertility and therefore conservative surgical management is advocated. [9] Further, in attempts to preserve ovarian tissue, surgery may involve just the removal of the pregnancy with only a part of the ovary. [7] This can be accomplished by an ovarian wedge resection. [5]
“Ovarian cancer is one of the lesser known cancers,” Giuliana shares. “Its not researched enough but my mom really trusted her gut and knew something was wrong.” Mary Kate chimes in ...
Partial oophorectomy or ovariotomy is a term sometimes used to describe a variety of surgeries such as ovarian cyst removal, or resection of parts of the ovaries. [3] This kind of surgery is fertility-preserving, although ovarian failure may be relatively frequent.
Chrissy Teigen is proudly promoting daughter Luna’s Girl Scout cookie sales, but some are calling it “unfair.” The 38-year-old model took to Instagram Feb. 2 to share a video of her daughter ...
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