title: CT predictors for selecting conservative surgery or adnexectomy to treat adnexal torsion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify computed tomography (CT) findings for selection between conservative surgery and adnexectomy in patients of reproductive age with adnexal torsion.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective study included 54 consecutive patients who underwent preoperative CT imaging before undergoing either conservative surgery or adnexectomy to treat adnexal torsion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  By multivariate analysis, CT finding of tubal thickening was significantly associated with the patients treated with adnexectomy (odds ratio=7.6, P=.008).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the majority of patients of reproductive age with adnexal torsion can be treated with conservative surgery, patients who require adnexectomy tend to have a tubal thickening on CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Research Institute of Medical Science, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Research Institute of Medical Science, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hee Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Research Institute of Medical Science, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hae Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Research Institute of Medical Science, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Hye
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Research Institute of Medical Science, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Research Institute of Medical Science, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Younghee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: ogjeong@ewha.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Kyungah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jeong
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D000072700:Conservative Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adnexa; Adnexectomy; CT; Torsion