Table 2 Pain characteristics among 78 women undergoing laparoscopy for suspected ovarian torsion

From: Sudden/nocturnal onset of acute abdominal pain, lasting less than a day and accompanied by vomiting: a tell-tale sign of ovarian torsion

		Torsion (n = 36)	No torsion (n = 42)	P value
Onset	Sudden onset/woke from sleep	16 (44.4)	6 (14.3)	0.003
	Coitus-related^a	1/6 (16.7)	2/5 (40)	0.54
Radiation to leg		2 (5.6)	1 (2.4)	0.59
Side
	Right-sided	20 (55.6)	18 (42.9)	0.19
	Left-sided	14 (38.9)	15 (35.7)
	Bilateral	0	3 (7.1)
	Not specified	2 (5.5)	6 (14.3)
Duration	<1 day	22 (6.1)	9 (21.4)	0.0004
Previous event of pain		12 (33.3)	18 (42.9)	0.39
Intermittence	Intermittent pain	8 (22.2)	10 (23.8)	0.87
Pain worsening		11 (30.6)	22 (52.4)	0.06

^aEleven women were specifically asked about coitus

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