Laparoscopy

Laparoscopy may offer perioperative advantages to laparotomy and may be an acceptable alternative for some women with ovarian cancer, but systematic review and meta-analysis findings are limited by inclusion of only observational studies.

Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy had similar short-term outcomes compared with open surgery among patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, according to study results published in JAMA Surgery.

Women with endometriosis were at greater risk for stroke even after accounting for known risk factors, according to a study presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.