Postoperative lymphocyst formation after pelvic lymphadenectomy for gynecologic cancers: comparison between laparoscopy and laparotomy.

In a retrospective analysis with a strict diagnostic criteria, we could find no statistical difference in lymphocyst occurrence between laparoscopy and laparotomy. The median size of the lymphocyst was bigger and lymphocyst was likely to be symptomatic in the laparotomy group.