Different Management Options for Tubo-Ovarian Abscess: A Tertiary Referral Center Experience

In: The Medical Journal of Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital · 2017 · doi:10.5222/otd.2017.1102 · W2618442496
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This study compared 92 patients with tubo-ovarian abscess, finding differences in parity, antibiotic duration, and hospitalization period between those treated surgically and those treated medically.

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This tertiary referral center study evaluated 92 hospitalized patients with tubo-ovarian abscess, comparing those managed surgically (n=53) versus with antibiotics alone (n=39), using group comparisons of baseline and treatment characteristics. Key findings were that, among surgical subgroups (salpingectomy/salpingooophorectomy versus drainage), differences were generally not observed except for WBC count, and that when comparing all surgical versus medical groups, parity, antibiotic duration, and hospitalization period differed. The paper emphasizes the importance of selecting patients for combined surgical and antibiotic management versus antibiotics alone to reduce morbidity, adhesions, need for radical surgery, and ovarian damage, but it does not describe randomization or provide effect estimates beyond between-group comparisons. The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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2Istanbul University Istanbul Medical School, Obstetrics And Gynecology, Istanbul Abstract INTRODUCTIONTubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) is mostly a consequence of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). TOA is characterized by an inflammatory mass involving the fallopian tube, ovary and occasionally other adjacent pelvic organs. TOA is a serious life-threatening condition that must be diagnosed and managed immediately. Complete history and pelvic examination includes the most important part of the diagnosis. Surgery is necessary for both definitive diagnosis and treatment of TOA especially suspicious abscess rupture or finding of a TOA in a postmenopausal woman. Our objective was to compare characteristics of patients who undergo surgical treatment and medical treatment. METHODSWe examined 92 patients with TOA that had been hospitalized and treated medically or surgically. 53 patients had underwent operation and 39 patients had taken only antibiotherapy.RESULTSWhen patients treated surgically are divided into 2 groups which were operated as salpengectomy/salpingooopherectomy and drainage, difference in mean values between these two groups were not observed except WBC count. Patients underwent surgical treatment were called as Group 1 and taken only medical treatment are called as Group 2. When we compared mean values of patients between Group 1 and 2, parity, antibiotherapy duration and hospitalization period were found different. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONIt’s very important to decide that which patient should be hospitalized and treated with combination of surgical methods and antibiotherapy or which patient should take with only antibiotherapy. Correct decision will be helpful for patient reducing morbidity, adhesions, need for radical surgery and harmful to ovaries. 2Istanbul Üniversitesi Istanbul Tıp Fakültesi, Kadın Hastalıkları Ve Doğum, Istanbul GİRİŞ ve AMAÇTubo-ovaryan abse çoğunlukla pelvik enflamatuar hastalığın bir sonucudur. Tubo-ovaryan abse fallopian tüpleri, overleri ve sıklıkla diğer çevre pelvik organları da içeren inflamatuar kitleyle karakterizedir. Tubo-ovaryan abse hızlıca tanı konulup yönetilmesi gereken ciddi hayatı tehdit eden bir durumdur. hikaye ve pelvik muayene tanının en önemli kısmını oluşturur. Cerrahi hem kesin tanı hem de tedavide özellikle de şüpheli abse rüptüründe veya postmenopozal bir kadında tubo-ovaryan abse bulgusu mevcudiyetinde gereklidir. Amacımız cerrahi ve medikal tedavi alan hastaların karakteristik özelliklerini karşılaştırmaktı. YÖNTEM ve GEREÇLERTubo-ovaryan abse tanısı olup hospitalize edilen ve medikal veya cerrahi olarak tedavi edilmiş 92 hastayı inceledik. 53 hasta opere edilerek, 39 hasta ise sadece antibiyotik alarak tedavi edilmişti.BULGULARCerrahi ile tedavi olan hastalar Grup 1, sadece medikal tedavi alan hastalar ise Grup 2 olarak adlandırıldı. Bu iki grubun ortalama değerleri karşılaştırıldığında parite, antibiyotik ve hospitalizasyon süresi arasında farklılık bulundu. TARTIŞMA ve SONUÇHangi hastanın hospitalize edilip cerrahi ve medikal tedavi kombinasyonuyla tedavi edileceği, hangi hastanın sadece antibiyotik alması gerektiğinin kararı çok önemlidir. Doğru karar morbiditeyi, yapışıklığı, radikal cerrahi gereksinimini ve overlere hasarı azaltarak hasta için yararlı olacaktır.

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