Table 1.
Summary of cases included in review
| Total number of patients | 17 |
| Mean age in years | 47.9 (SD: 23.7) |
| Hernia side | |
| Left | 13 |
| Right | 4 |
| Symptoms | |
| Pain | 7 |
| Groin mass or swelling | 15 |
| Other symptoms | 2 |
| Hernia reduction | |
| Reducible | 1 |
| Irreducible | 15 |
| Non-palpable | 1 |
| Diagnosis of gynaecological structures inside hernia | |
| Preoperative (CT, ultrasonography or both) | 5 |
| Intraoperative | 12 |
| Surgical approach | |
| Open | 14 |
| Laparoscopic | 2 |
| No surgery | 1 |
| Surgical procedure (n=16) | |
| Repositioning of structures | 11 |
| Oophorectomy | 2 |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy | 2 |
| Not mentioned | 1 |
| Intraoperative findings (n=16) | |
| Ovary | 4 |
| Ovary + fallopian tube | 8 |
| Uterus + ovary + fallopian tube | 2 |
| Other | 2 |
| Mesh placement (n=11) | |
| Yes | 8 |
| No (herniorrhaphy) | 3 |
CT = computed tomography; SD = standard deviation