Dermoid Cyst Surgery – Educational

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By Halph Staph   |    14 comments

We have seen a few, perhaps more than a few, surgeries to remove cysts from the ovaries. Most are accomplished through minimally invasive techniques such as Laparoscopic surgery. This particular procedure which you are about to view involves the removal of a not too small, yet not gargantuan, left ovarian dermoid cyst. Now, why I like this one? Because the videographer took the time to edit in very useful indicators of which parts are which. I always find it hard to orient myself when watching any surgery, since I am not a doctor, it becomes really hard to distinguish a piece of bowel from a fallopian tube, or a large lump of fatty tissue from an actual important piece of a functional organ.

Unfortunately, I am disappointed they only give you a glimpse of the varied, gross, but fun contents of the dermoid cyst (I love it when they include the cyst dissection at the end – its like getting dessert after a long multi-course meal!), but the rest of the procedure is fascinating to watch, and I think I will have a better understanding of the next cystectomy I see online. Or on a video taken during my potential surgery – since I have a cyst of my very own it seems, snugly attached to my left ovary, 4 cm and growing! Would it be icky to ask if I can have it back in a jar, preserved and sealed? Isn’t possession 9/10ths of the law, as they say? lol. Maybe we can name it and make it the PTZ Mascot. “Dermy, the Ovarian Cyst” Uh-oh – I think I am making myself giggle to hard, I am about to pee myself. On that note…

ENJOY!
~ H.S.

“Laparoscopic Management of Ovarian Dermoid Cyst” created and posted to YouTube by mnutis on February 07, 2010