Changing Practices in the Surgical Management of Adnexal Torsion: An Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate trends in the surgical management of adnexal torsion and to evaluate these trends with respect to the updated American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) guidelines.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Women who underwent surgery for adnexal torsion between 2008 and 2020 were identified on the basis of International Classification of Diseases codes. Surgeries were grouped as either ovarian conservation or oophorectomy with the use of Current Procedural Terminology codes. Patients were also grouped into year cohorts with respect to the publication of the updated ACOG guidelines (2008-2016 compared with 2017-2020). Multivariable logistic regression, weighted by

SUBMITTER: Ryles HT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10147583 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature