Most common forms of ovarian cysts usually heal with time or a change of lifestyle however, on some occasions, removal of the ovarian cyst must be preformed in order to prevent any future complications. This is the ultimate measure which is not considered until and unless everything else has been tried and failed.

Some of the common reasons to have ovarian cyst removal generally have to do with the condition of the cyst it’s self including:

• Large, solid or strangely shaped

• Cancerous cysts or cysts with a high possibility of cancer

• Amount of pain being experienced due to rupturing or twisting

• Patient Age: The older you are the more likely the ovarian cyst can become cancerous.

These types of cysts sometimes become life-threatening so, should be removed from the system as quickly as possible. Since surgery is the only way of doing this, one may have no other alternative but to opt for it. Barring cancerous cysts that must be removed through surgery, one should bear in mind that surgical removal of cysts not only has some amount of trauma attached to it, it provides no guarantee that cysts will not reappear even after they have been surgically removed.

Before any decision for ovarian cyst removal can be made, your family doctor or a specialist will do several tests in order to make sure of what they are up against and if the diagnosis of ovarian cysts is correct. Sometimes it can be difficult to determine if you actually do have ovarian cyst or another physical problem due to the generic symptoms most people suffer from. These tests can range from simple blood tests, x-ray, and ultrasounds or a CT scan.

Once the proper determination has been made about the type, shape and make up of the ovarian cyst then a choice can be made about the type of cyst removal procedure the patient will have to undergo. Ovarian cyst removal does not necessarily mean that your ovary will have to be removed.

There are several forms of ovarian cyst removal:

Cystectomy which aims at removing the offending cyst without disturbing the ovary. Here the surgeon carefully removes the cyst, keeping the ovary intact, so that fertility remains for the rest of the woman’s childbearing age.

Ovary removal as sometimes the ovary needs to be removed altogether. This of course needs to be done if the cyst is more serious in nature and the problem keeps coming back. However there is an emotional factor attached here as the woman needs to deal with the fact that she will be unable to bear a child again. The problem is worse of course if she is still fertile. This often leads to trauma. However the good news is, even after the ovaries are removed the woman can still remain fertile, and hope to have a child, particularly with so many fertility clinics and their efforts.

Open surgery is reserved for cysts that are generally larger or more difficult to treat including severe twisting or bleeding. This type of surgery is performed by making an incision in the abdomen of the patient and scooping out the cyst from near the ovary. Although the prognosis is fairly good in this process and the surgeon can have a good ‘look’ at all the reproductive organs of the patient, the process of healing of the wound takes time and may sometimes involve undesirable complication.

Laparoscopic surgery is less evasive, only requiring 3 to 4 small incisions usually no more then a inch long to be made so special designed tools can be passed through in order to perform the ovarian cyst removal with the least amount of trauma.

Ovarian cyst surgery should really only be a last resort, when all other less invasive treatments have failed.  Natural and holistic treatment plans are the most effective in curing ovarian cysts.  A natural treatment plan will treat the whole body, looking at all the contrubuting factors which cause the ovarian cysts.  Natural or holistic treatment is much better than conventional medications or surgery because they never look at what is actually causing the cysts, instead they just treat the symptoms. This is why the cyst often returns when a conventional method is used.

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Until next time,

-Julie