Ethanol Sclerotherapy versus Laparoscopic Surgery for Endometrioma Treatment: A Prospective, Multicenter, Cohort Pilot Study.

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of ultrasound (US)-guided aspiration and ethanol sclerotherapy versus laparoscopic surgery for benign-appearing ovarian endometrioma. DESIGN: Prospective, cohort pilot study. SETTING: Multiple centers, Spain. PATIENTS: Forty patients with suspected...

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Autores: Garcia-Tejedor A, Martinez-Garcia JM, Candas B, Suarez E, Mañalich L, Gomez M, Merino E, Castellarnau M, Regueiro P, Carreras M, Martinez-Franco E, Carrarach M, Subirats N, Barbera J, Gonzalez S, Climent M, Fernández-Montolí E, Ponce J
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Repositorio:r-FSJD. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica de la Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
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Palabra clave:*Complications
*Cost-effectiveness
*Laparoscopic cystectomy
*Recurrences
*Stripping
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Sumario:STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of ultrasound (US)-guided aspiration and ethanol sclerotherapy versus laparoscopic surgery for benign-appearing ovarian endometrioma. DESIGN: Prospective, cohort pilot study. SETTING: Multiple centers, Spain. PATIENTS: Forty patients with suspected ovarian endometrioma identified by US, with a maximum diameter of 35 to 100 mm, of whom 33 met inclusion criteria. INTERVENTIONS: The study group (n?=?17) underwent US-guided aspiration plus sclerotherapy with ethanol, and the control group (n?=?14) underwent laparoscopic cystectomy. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Recurrence, complications, and direct costs were compared. One of 17 sclerotherapy patients recurred (5.9%) compared with 4 of 14 laparoscopic surgery patients (28.6%) (odds ratio 0.18, 0.01-1.53). No serious adverse effects (Clavien-Dindo = III) were observed in the sclerotherapy group; 1 patient in the surgery group had a Clavien-Dindo IIIb complication. Median hospital direct costs were significantly lower in the sclerotherapy group than those in the surgery group-266 euros versus 2189 euros. CONCLUSION: Ethanol sclerotherapy seems to be cost-effective for endometrioma and also appears to reduce complications. In this pilot study, recurrence was not higher than with conventional surgery.