Preoperative risk stratification of adnexal masses: can we predict the optimal surgical management?

Study Objective: To characterize preoperative risk stratification with aim of identifying the accurate surgical approach of benign and malignant adnexal masses in pediatric patients.

Design: A retrospective chart review of all cases of adnexal masses surgically managed between January 2001 and December 2006.

Setting: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.