Study objective: To discover the prevalence of adnexal torsion after laparoscopic hysterectomy.
Design: Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification II-3).
Setting: A tertiary referral hospital.
Patients: One thousand thirty-three women underwent laparoscopic hysterectomies between the years 1995 and 2002. The mean age (+/- SD) of the women at the time of hysterectomy was 43.87 +/- 4.28 years. Intervention. Laparoscopic hysterectomy in which at least one adnexa was left intact.
Measurements and main results: The files of all women with adnexal torsion diagnosed by laparoscopy from 1995 to 2003 were retrospectively reviewed. In seven women, adnexal torsion occurred after laparoscopic hysterectomy. Torsion occurred 2.64 (+/- 1.79) years (mean +/- SD) after hysterectomy. Torsion was treated by laparoscopy in all of the women; either oophorectomy or detorsion and ovariopexy was performed. We calculated the prevalence of this complication to be 7.91/1000.
Conclusion: Adnexal torsion can occur after laparoscopic hysterectomy.