When is it not possible to use laparosopic surgical techniques to treat gynecologic cancers?

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PedroRamirezMD (Physician (Verified) ) - 05 / 04 / 2012

Laparoscopic surgery is generally not indicated in the setting of advanced disease. In other words, when patients have wide spread of disease the indicated approach is a laparotomy. This means an open abdominal incision. Typically, only patients with early cervical or endometrial cancer are candidates for laparoscopic surgery. It is important to emphasize that patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer are not candidates for laparoscopic surgery.

There are other potential contraindications to laparoscopic surgery. These include multiple prior abdominal surgeries, history of multiple bowel surgeries, severe cardiopulmonary disease, or extreme obesity.
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