Table 3.
Summary of intra and postoperative outcomes
| Paper | Hernia contents | Surgical procedure | Hospital stay | Oophorectomy | Biopsy |
| Amarin, 198820 | Ovary and oedematous right fallopian tube | Ovary and fallopian tube repositioning + hernia repair with herniorrhaphy | Not mentioned | No | Not performed |
| Araújo, 201621 | Ovary and fallopian tube | Left salpingo-oophorectomy + hernia repair with polypropylene mesh (Lichtenstein procedure) | 5 days | Yes | Ovarian fibroma (3.2cm x 3.2cm x 1.7cm) and a fallopian tube (5.5cm x 0.5cm) |
| Ballas, 200922 | Ovary and fallopian tube | Ovary and oedematous but viable left fallopian tube repositioning + hernia repair with mesh | Not mentioned | No | Not mentioned |
| Bhandarkar, 199323 | Ovary and fallopian tube | Ovary and fallopian tube repositioning + hernia repair with herniorrhaphy | Not mentioned | No | Not mentioned |
| Golash, 200524 | Ovary (ovulating) and fallopian tube | Ovary and fallopian tube repositioning + hernial defect closed | Not mentioned | No | Follicles at varying stages of maturity (biopsy specimen) |
| Graul, 201425 | Ovary, fallopian tube and partially torted ovarian cyst | Ovary and fallopian tube repositioning + hernia repair with polypropylene mesh | Not mentioned | No | Not mentioned |
| Gurer, 20066 | Ovary (n=2) Ovary and fallopian tube (n=1) |
Oophorectomy (n=2) Salpingo-oophorectomy (n=1) No information about hernia repair |
Not mentioned | Yes (n=3) | Not mentioned |
| Kokcu, 201026 | Ampullary region of the fallopian tube and the ovary protruding through the internal ring, uterine horn, ovarian ligament and the ipsilateral fallopian tube | Investigative laparoscopy; no surgical correction (absence of patient consent) Repositioning |
Not mentioned | No | Not mentioned |
| Malik, 201227 | Uterus, left ovary and fallopian tube | Emergency surgery: left ovarian cystectomy + ovary and fallopian tube repositioning + hernia repair with Ultrapro® mesh | Not mentioned | No | Haemorrhagic corpus luteum cyst |
| Ozkan, 20095 | Ovary, fallopian tube and paraovarian cyst | Ovary and fallopian tube repositioning + hernia repair with plication darn + ovarian cystectomy | 4 days | No | Single layer of flattened cuboid epithelium, consistent with paraovarian cysts |
| Ray, 200328 | Ovary and incarcerated, dilated fallopian tube | Ovary and fallopian tube repositioning + hernia repair with polypropylene mesh | Not mentioned | No | Not performed |
| Turk, 201229 | Ovary | Ovary and fallopian tube repositioning + hernia repair with Lichtenstein procedure using heavyweight polypropylene mesh composed of multifilaments with small pores (<1mm) | 2 days | No | Not performed for gynaecological structures. The mass (18cm x 8cm x 7cm, 422g) was a lipoma with chronic inflammation |
| Ueda, 201630 | Ovary, fallopian tube and uterus | Ovary and fallopian tube repositioning + hernia repair with onlay mesh technique | 7 days | No | Not performed |
| Yamane, 201131 | Uterine horn, left ovarian ligament and part of the ipsilateral fallopian tube | No surgery | Not mentioned | No | Not performed |
| Yao, 200932 | Ovary | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Not mentioned |