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Pediatric Exploratory Laparotomy and Left Ovarian Cystectomy

Swetha Jayavelu, MD; Marc Mankarious, MD; Bryanna M. Emr, MD
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

1. Introduction

  1. Pre-op Imaging

2. Surgical Approach and Pfannenstiel Incision

3. Entry into the Abdomen

4. Abdominal Exploration and Examination of the Cyst

5. Cyst Drainage

6. Exteriorizing the Cyst

7. Cyst Dissection, Adhesiolysis, Separation from Left Ovary and Adhered Sigmoid Colon

8. Hemostasis, Reducing the Ovary into Abdomen, and Final Exploration

9. Closure

10. Post-op Remarks