What examinations should be done before teratoma surgery

What tests should be done before teratoma surgery? Once a teratoma is diagnosed, the tumor should be removed immediately. Chemotherapy should be performed before surgery, and conditions should be created for elective surgery. So, what tests should be done before teratoma surgery? The following will introduce what tests should be done before teratoma surgery, hoping to help patients.

Teratoma is a tumor. The root cause of the tumor is still unclear in medicine. Teratomas originate from germ cells. Most teratomas are ovarian teratomas, which are caused by abnormal proliferation of oocytes. Since oocytes have omnipotent differentiation functions, excessive proliferation forms tumors. Ovarian teratomas are tumors caused by oocyte proliferation, and they have not undergone in vitro fertilization, so it is not true that they are twin brothers and sisters of the patient.

The key point of teratoma surgery is to completely remove the tumor. For ovarian and testicular tumors, one ovary or testicle should be removed. For sacrococcygeal teratoma, it is important to remove the coccyx at the same time to avoid residual pluripotent cells and tumor recurrence. The treatment principle of malignant teratoma is combined adjuvant therapy. After surgical resection, conventional chemotherapy is performed for 1.5 to 2 years. Cisplatin, vinblastine or vincristine, and bleomycin are commonly used. In recent years, combined chemotherapy with cisplatin, doxorubicin, ifosfamide and other chemotherapy drugs is recommended.

Generally speaking, before teratoma surgery, the first thing to do is routine preoperative examination. Blood, urine, stool routine, liver function, kidney function, electrolytes, hepatitis B series, infectious diseases, etc. Then there is a gynecological examination, such as B-ultrasound. There is also a CA125 test. The teratoma removed after surgery is generally sent to the pathology department. If the surgeon feels that there is something wrong with the tumor, a frozen section will be sent during the operation to verify whether it is benign or malignant.

I hope the above content is helpful to you! As long as patients with teratoma go to the hospital for examination in time, identify the cause of the disease and then cooperate with the doctor's treatment, the condition can be easily controlled!