Open AccessSingle-port laparoscopic ovarian transposition in an 11-year-old girl
Author(s) -
Mahdi Ben Dhaou,
Mohamed Zouari,
Hayet Zitouni,
Mohamed Jallouli,
Riadh Mhiri
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/ajps.ajps_1_15
Subject(s) - medicine , transposition (logic) , ovarian cancer , port (circuit theory) , laparoscopy , surgery , general surgery , cancer , philosophy , linguistics , electrical engineering , engineering
Ovarian transposition was the first procedure proposed for children with cancer to preserve ovarian function from damage caused by abdominal and pelvic radiotherapy. In this paper, we describe the first paediatric case of single-port laparoscopic ovarian transposition.