The role of exploratory laparoscopy in surgical planning for ultra- radical surgery for ovarian cancer: a narrative review

Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Gynaecology, University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK; Division of Gynecological Oncology, Fudan University Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China Contributions: (I) Conception and design: M Morotti, T Shi; (II) Administrative support: None; (III) Provision of study materials or patients: None; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: M Morotti, G Valenti; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: M Morotti, VK Mavroeidis, T Shi; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. These authors contributed equally to this work. Correspondence to: Matteo Morotti. Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Email: drmorottimatteo@gmail.com.