Fig. 1From: Salpingo-oophorectomy versus cystectomy in patients with borderline ovarian tumors: a systemic review and meta-analysis on postoperative recurrence and fertilityForest plots of the odds ratios of postoperative recurrence in BOT patients. Sixteen studies compared the risk of BOT recurrence in between patients underwent unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and unilateral/bilateral cystectomy. The results of the pooled analysis revealed that the rate of tumor relapse was significantly higher in patients receiving unilateral/bilateral cystectomy had a significantly higher risk of tumor relapseBack to article page