Effect of within-endobag method during laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy of dermoid cyst: A retrospective study

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of within-endobag cystectomy during and after laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy in patients with dermoid cysts. We retrospectively analyzed 84 patients with ovarian dermoid cysts who underwent laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy. In 30 patients, the affected ovary was placed in an endobag before cystectomy and cystectomy was performed within an endobag (within-endobag group), while the remaining 54 patients underwent standard cystectomy without this step (without-endobag group). After cystectomy, the cyst wall was placed in an endobag and was removed from the abdomen. Compared with the without-endobag group, the within-endobag group had a significantly lower rate of cyst content spillage (23.3% vs 72.2%, P