Videolaparoscopy Archives - Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia

SUMMARY Purpose: to evaluate the videolaparoscopic surgical mana-gement of 32 patients with ovarian endometrioma. Method: retrospective study of thirty-two patients admitted to the Gynecologic Endoscopy Section - Gynecology and Obstetrics Department of the Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual "Francisco Morato de Oliveira" - São Paulo - Brazil with clinical and ultrasonographic diagnosis of ovarian endometrioma, who have been submitted to videolaparoscopic surgery. Eleven of them had endometriomas less than 3 cm and had the tumor emptied and the capsule excised at the first laparoscopy. Twenty-one patients with endometriomas larger than 3 cm were submitted to emptying and washing of the cyst at the first laparoscopy. These women used GnRH analogues for four months (1 dose each month) and were then submitted to a second laparoscopy when the capsule was excised. Histopathologic study was performed in the surgical tissues of all cases. The early results of the procedure and the recurrence rate were evaluated. Results: there were no surgical intercurrent episodes or postsurgical complications. The problem was solved in all but three patients among the 21 with endometriomas larger than 3 cm. These patients presented recurrence of the disease within a period of 6 to 12 months. Conclusion: the videolaparoscopic surgical management of ovarian endometriomas, with capsule excision, showed good results and small number of recurrences.