Investigation and Management of Adnexal Masses in Pregnancy

Table 7

Obstetric impact of adnexal masses in pregnancy.

		Abort.	PTD	Observations
Platek et al., 1995 [31]	31	3.2%	—	59% antenatal surgery
Bromley and Benacerraf, 1997 [28]	125	0%	—	19% antenatal surgery
Whitecar et al., 1999 [14]	130	1.5%	—	66% antenatal surgery
Usui et al., 2000 [29]	69	3.3%	—	99% antenatal surgery
Sherard III et al., 2003 [5]	60	4.7%	9%	100% antenatal surgery
Schmeler et al., 2005 [10]	59	0%	—	29% antenatal surgery
Balci et al., 2008 [3]	36	2.9%	5.8%	94% antenatal/peripartum surgery
Aggarwal and Kehoe, 2011 (review) [4]	498	6%	10.4%	100% antenatal/peripartum surgery

Abort.: abortion; PTD: preterm delivery.  Review of studies including only surgically managed cases of both benign and malignant tumors (includes Whitecar et al. (1999) [14] and Sherard III et al. (2003) [5]).