Retrospective analysis of patients with surgically proven ovarian torsion, our experience

AIM: To study the patients who were admitted to our hospital with surgically proven ovarian torsion and were operated for the same and to study for whom detorsion was done. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the medical records and surgical notes of 150 patients with surgically proven ovarian torsion over a 10-year period between January 2011 and January 2021 was carried out. Surgical notes included details like mode of the surgery (laparotomy or laparoscopy), type of surgery (oophorectomy, detorsion, detorsion with cystectomy), whether fixation was done or not, size of mass/ovary, laterality, appearance of the torted ovary, color of the ovary, and number of twists. Histopathologic reports of the patients who underwent oophorectomy or detorsion with cystectomy were also recorded. RESULTS: During the 10-year study period, 88 (58.7%) patients had undergone laparotomy and 62 (41.2%) patients had undergone laparoscopy. Detorsion with cystectomy was done in 96 (64%) cases, detorsion alone in 14 (9.3%) cases, and oophorectomy was done in 40 (26.6%) cases. There was no significant difference in terms of increase in postoperative complications. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic detorsion with cystectomy is the most common surgical procedure used for ovarian torsion at King Hussein Medical Center.