Table 3 Surgical and pathological characteristics
Characteristics | Patients |
|---|---|
Duration time from onset to surgery (hours), median (range) | 14 (4–192) |
Surgical indication | |
Suspicious of adnexal torsion, n/N (%) | 79/82 (96.3%) |
Suspicious of appendicitis, n/N (%) | 3/82 (3.7%) |
Surgical approach | |
Laparoscopy, n/N (%) | 63/82 (76.8%) |
Laparotomy, n/N (%) | 19/82 (23.2%) |
Side of torsion | |
Right, n/N (%) | 43 /82 (52.4%) |
Left, n/N (%) | 39/82 (47.6%) |
Organs involved in the torsion | |
Ovary, n/N (%) | 35/82 (42.7%) |
Ovary and tube, n/N (%) | 45/82 (54.9%) |
Tube, n/N (%) | 2/82 (2.4%) |
Conservative surgery | |
Detorsion only, n/N (%) | 1/82 (1.2%) |
Detorsion + fenestration, n/N (%) | 2/82 (2.4%) |
Detorsion + cystectomy, n/N (%) | 48/82 (58.5%) |
Salpingectomy, n/N (%) | 2/82 (2.4%) |
Detorsion + USO, n/N (%) | 29/82 (35.4%) |
Pathological results* | |
Corpus luteum cyst, n/N (%) | 35/79 (44.3%) |
Serous cystadenoma, n/N (%) | 14/79 (17.7%) |
Begin teratoma, n/N (%) | 14/79 (17.7%) |
Follicular cyst, n/N (%) | 8/79 (10.1%) |
Mesosalpinx cyst, n/N (%) | 5/79 (6.3%) |
Endometrioma, n/N (%) | 1/79 (1.3%) |
Mucinous cystadenoma, n/N (%) | 1/79 (1.3%) |
Ovarian clean cell carcinoma, n/N (%) | 1/79 (1.3%) |