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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2018 Mar;148(3):515–520. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2018.01.016

Table 2.

Gynecologic Tissue Processing by Surgery and Practice Type

High-Grade
Serous Cancer
Stage I, II, IIIAi
Risk-Reducing
Salpingo-
Oophorectomy or
Salpingectomy
Surgery for Benign
Indications, First
Sections STIC,
Epithelial Atypia in
Ovary or Occult Cancer
Surgery for Benign
Indications,
First Sections
Negative

Acad.
N (%)
Non-
Acad.
N (%)
Acad.
N (%)
Non-
Acad.
N (%)
Acad.
N (%)
Non-
Acad.
N (%)
Acad.
N (%)
Non-
Acad.
N (%)
See-Fim

No 15 (22.4) 22 (28.6) 4 (6.2)* 13 (18.6)* 7 (10.3) 16 (21.9) 38 (63.3) 45 (62.5)
Yes, Partial 9 (13.4) 16 (20.8) 7 (10.7)* 11 (15.7)* 5 (7.4) 6 (8.2) 10 (16.7) 14 (19.4)
Yes, Total 43 (64.2) 39 (50.7) 54 (83.1)* 46 (65.7)* 56 (82.4) 51 (69.9) 12 (20.0) 13 (18.1)
Total: 67 77 65 70 68 73 60 72

Submit Fimbria

No 2 (3.3) 6 (8.1) 2 (3.3) 4 (5.6) 2 (3.5)** 5 (6.9)** 9 (13.4) 18 (23.4)
Yes, Partial 15 (24.6) 24 (32.4) 8 (13.3) 16 (22.5) 1 (1.7)** 12 (16.7)** 28 (41.8) 34 (44.2)
Yes, Total 44 (72.1) 44 (59.5) 50 (83.3) 51 (71.8) 55 (94.8)** 55 (76.4)** 30 (44.8) 25 (32.5)
Total: 61 74 60 71 58 72 67 77

Submit Non-Fimbriated Tube

No 2 (3.2) 3 (4.1) 1 (1.6) 4 (5.6) 1 (1.7) 4 (5.6) 7 (11.1) 12 (15.6)
Yes, Partial 34 (54.0) 43 (58.1) 14 (22.6) 22 (31.0) 15 (25.0) 23 (31.9) 51 (81.0) 57 (74.0)
Yes, Total 27 (42.9) 28 (37.8) 47 (75.8) 45 (63.4) 44 (73.3) 45 (62.5) 5 (7.9) 8 (10.4)
Total: 63 74 62 71 60 72 63 77

Submit Ovaries

No 1 (1.5) 4 (5.2) 1 (1.5)** 4 (5.6)** 0 (0.0)* 5 (6.7)* 5 (7.8) 9 (11.5)
Yes, Partial 39 (60.0) 48 (62.3) 17 (26.2)** 34 (47.9)** 22 (34.4)* 34 (46.0)* 53 (82.8) 64 (82.1)
Yes, Total 25 (38.5) 25 (32.5) 47 (72.3)** 33 (46.5)** 42 (65.6)* 35 (47.3)* 6 (9.8) 5 (6.1)
Total: 65 77 65 71 64 74 64 78

Submit Endometrium

No 0 (0.0) 2 (3.5) 2 (3.6) 2 (3.8) 1 (1.8) 3 (5.3) 3 (5.5) 7 (11.9)
Yes, Partial 38 (69.1) 42 (72.4) 40 (72.7) 43 (81.1) 37 (67.3) 43 (75.4) 47 (85.5) 49 (83.1)
Yes, Total 17 (30.9) 14 (24.1) 13 (23.6) 8 (15.1) 17 (30.9) 11 (19.3) 5 (9.1) 3 (5.1)
Total: 55 58 55 53 55 57 55 59
*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01