An Easy and Safe Approach to the Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Treatment of Dermoid Cysts: The Mimic Laparoscopic Surgery With Bathtub Method.

A dermoid cyst is one of the most common benign ovarian lesions. The surgical management of dermoid cysts remains controversial, and some surgeons still approach dermoid cysts laparotomically due to the high risk of intraperitoneal cyst rupture and the related risk of chemical peritonitis or spread of any neoplastic cells. Therefore, laparoscopic-assisted cystectomy (LAC) with a small transverse incision is performed at our hospital. In this study, we present a new modified laparoscopic procedure, the mimic laparoscopic surgery with bathtub method (MLB), for the enucleation of ovarian dermoid cysts.