The preoperative albumin level is an independent prognostic factor for optimally debulked epithelial ovarian cancer.

Purpose: A low albumin level has been reported to be a prognostic factor for various cancers. The aim of this study was to determine the association between preoperative serum albumin level and survival in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).

Methods: Records of 337 patients with EOC that underwent optimal cytoreductive surgery were retrospectively reviewed.

Adnexal Masses Treated Using a Combination of the SILS Port and Noncurved Straight Laparoscopic Instruments: Turkish Experience and Review of the Literature.

Objective. To report our experience treating adnexal masses using a combination of the SILS port and straight nonroticulating laparoscopic instruments. Study Design.