Take it or leave it? Incidental appendectomy at time of gynecologic oncology laparotomy
When performed by a gynecologic oncologist, appendectomy at the time of laparotomy was safe and did not increase the risk of complications. Our results demonstrate a high rate of occult abnormal histology despite a normal intraoperative appearance. These findings suggest that intraoperative appearance alone is not sufficient, and support performing incidental appendectomy at the time of gynecologic oncology exploratory laparotomy.
Authors
- H Butler
- Yevgeniya Ioffe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1531-2894)
- Linda Hong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1192-5861)
- Ruofan Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6962-3220)
- Nora Badiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0779-028X)
- Mary Herberger
- Angela Mirzadeh
- Lauren Sword
Institutions
- Loma Linda University Medical Center (US)
- Loma Linda University (US)
- Women’s Health Care (US)
- Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Gynecologic Oncology Reports
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2025.101926
- Primary Topic
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00