The value of ultrasonographic tubo-ovarian abscess morphology in predicting whether patients will require surgical treatment

Tuğba Kınay, Tugba Kinay, Eylem Unlubilgin, Eylem Ünlübilgin, Derya A Cirik, Derya Akdağ Cırık, Fulya Kayıkçıoğlu, Fulya Kayikcioglu, Mehmet A Akgul, Mehmet Akif Akgül, Ismail Dolen, İsmail Dölen
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics · 2016 · vol. 135(1) , pp. 77–81 · doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.04.006 · PMID:27381446 · W2460944275
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This study found that tubo-ovarian abscess size over 6.5 cm, fever at admission, and parity greater than two predicted surgical treatment, but ultrasonographic morphology did not.

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OBJECTIVE: To determine if the ultrasonographic morphology of a tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) could be used to predict if a patient will require surgical treatment. METHOD: A retrospective cohort study reviewed medical records from patients diagnosed with TOA via ultrasonography between January 2009 and January 2014 at a tertiary referral center in Turkey. Patients with pelvic inflammatory disease and an inflammatory adnexal mass, identified during sonographic examination, were included in the study. Ultrasonographic morphology, demographic characteristics, and clinical and laboratory findings were compared between patients who required surgical treatment and those who did not. RESULTS: Records were included from 164 patients; medical therapy was successful in 121 (73.8%) patients and 43 (26.2%) required surgical treatment. TOA morphology was identified, using ultrasonography, as unilocular cystic, complex multicystic mass, or pyosalpinx in 56 (34.1%), 73 (44.5%), and 35 (21.3%) patients, respectively. No correlation was present between ultrasonographic TOA morphology and patients requiring surgical treatment (all P>0.05). Multivariate analyses demonstrated that an abscess larger than 6.5 cm in size (P=0.027), fever at admission (P<0.001), and parity greater than two (P=0.026) were independent predictors of patients requiring surgical treatment for TOA. CONCLUSION: Although increased TOA size, fever at admission, and parity were associated with increased odds of patients with TOA requiring surgical treatment, ultrasonographic TOA morphology was not.

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Abscess Fallopian Tube Diseases Gynecologic Surgical Procedures Ovarian Diseases Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Abscess Abscess Adult Fallopian Tube Diseases Fallopian Tube Diseases Female Fever Fever Hospitalization Humans Logistic Models Medical Records Middle Aged Ovarian Diseases Ovarian Diseases

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