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World J Surg Proced. Mar 28, 2015; 5(1): 167-172
Published online Mar 28, 2015. doi: 10.5412/wjsp.v5.i1.167
Published online Mar 28, 2015. doi: 10.5412/wjsp.v5.i1.167
Prophylactic oophorectomy during primary colorectal cancer resection: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Christopher V Thompson, David N Naumann, Michael Kelly, Sharad Karandikar, David R McArthur, Department of General Surgery, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B9 5SS, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Thompson CV and Naumann DN wrote manuscript, data acquisition and interpretation; Kelly M contributed to the statistical analysis; Karandikar S revised the manuscript; McArthur DR revised the manuscript and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest: None.
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Correspondence to: David R McArthur, Consultant Surgeon, Department of General Surgery, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, United Kingdom. david.mcarthur@heartofengland.nhs.uk
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Received: August 5, 2014
Peer-review started: August 6, 2014
First decision: August 28, 2014
Revised: September 13, 2014
Accepted: February 9, 2015
Article in press: February 11, 2015
Published online: March 28, 2015
Peer-review started: August 6, 2014
First decision: August 28, 2014
Revised: September 13, 2014
Accepted: February 9, 2015
Article in press: February 11, 2015
Published online: March 28, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: Prophylactic oophorectomy is a potentially attractive additional procedure that can be performed at the time of primary colorectal resection, to reduce the risk of ovarian metastasis and de novo ovarian malignancy later in a female patient’s clinical course. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the available literature reveals that, though this procedure can be performed with little additional morbidity or mortality risk at the time of surgery, it confers no long term survival benefit, and carries a significant side effect profile.