Ovarian Cyst Removal Overview

By Jay Tyler


Although ovarian cysts may disappear naturally without treatment, ovarian cyst removal is recommended when cysts are large, solid, irregularly shaped, suspected of being cancerous, twisted, ruptured, and or causing severe pain. Development of a cancerous ovarian cyst increases with the woman's age, thus, it is more likely to be recommended for older patients to have cysts removed immediately.

Thorough physical examination by your doctor should be done before you have a ovarian cyst removal done. Generally these tests will include X-rays and CT scans of the abdomen to double check the diagnosis, blood and urine tests and going over any current medications and previous medical conditions.

In order to remove an ovarian cyst, a doctor may choose to perform either laparoscopic surgery or open surgery, depending on the type of ovarian cyst that is removed. It is common to perform open surgery on larger cysts.

In laparoscopic surgery, a slim tube called a laparoscope is introduced into the patient's body by making a small incision in the lower abdomen. It is very helpful in locating the ovarian cyst as well as to guide its removal.

When larger ovarian cyst removal surgery is required, general anesthesia might be used. Pain in the abdomen will generally be experienced after the surgery as well as possible complications such as bleeding and infection. Also, once removed there is a possibility that you will experience ovarian cysts in the future and in a few rare cases, blood clots and even infertility may happen.

Where a surgeon finds no sign of ovarian cancer during the procedure, it is not anticipated that the patient will experience complications. The patient should be fully recovered within several weeks. That said, if the doctors do find ovarian cancer, it may be necessary to remove either one or both ovaries while the surgery is going on or in a later surgical procedure. This would need to be combined with a treatment for ovarian cancer.

Once the Ovarian cyst has been removed you will need to keep in touch with your doctor and let him know if you begin experiencing any symptoms such as abdominal swelling, vomiting, nausea, fever and chills, shortness of breath, excessive pain or bleeding. Ovarian cyst removal is like any other surgery, proper recovery time and monitoring for possible complications is all that is required afterwards.

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Hearing that you possibly have to have ovarian cyst removal surgery can be a scary subject for any woman. You can read more about ovarian cyst removal as well as many other ovarian cyst articles at http://ovariancystfacts.com/

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