2023, Volume 16, Issue 7, pp 974 – 980

Fertility-sparing surgery: a hopeful strategy for young women with cancer

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Corresponding Author: Roxana Georgiana Borș Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania Email: roxana_georgiana20@yahoo.com

Abstract

Fertility preservation in cancer patients is currently based on either assisted reproductive technology or fertility-sparing surgery. Loss of fertility may be caused by excisional surgery associated with an adnexal or uterine pathology or secondary to gonadal insufficiency caused by chemotherapy or radiation. The counseling of these patients is very important, being carried out jointly by the oncologist, gynecologist, and reproductive medicine specialist. Reproductive surgery usually requires avoiding laparotomy to significantly reduce the formation of adhesions and trauma or tissue damage. This is done using standard laparoscopic surgery or robotic surgery (computer-assisted laparoscopy), a method increasingly used and accessible to all specialists who want to maintain the fertility of their patients with various oncological diseases.

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PMC ID: 10600681
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DOI: 10.25122/jml-2023-0203

Article Publishing Date (print): 7 2023
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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