Literature search
A literature search for “lymphadenectomy for ovarian cancer” was
conducted using SCOPUS, PUBMED, COCHRANE, MEDLINE, and WEB OF SCIENCE
databases. The search was conducted from the date of database inception
to January 29th, 2020. The following search terminology was used:
(“lymphadenectomy” OR “lymph node excision” OR “lymph node
dissection”) AND (“ovarian cancer” OR “ovarian neoplasm” OR
“ovarian epithelial carcinoma”), (”systematic lymphadenectomy”) AND
(”ovarian cancer” OR ”ovarian neoplasm” OR ”ovarian tumor” OR ”ovarian
carcinoma” OR ”ovarian malignancy”).