Table 2.

Fertility statuses of female partners of 72 adult male patients with testicular torsion that occurred at different ages and was treated with two surgical maneuvers.

Age at torsion, n (%)	Surgical maneuvers, n (%)	Fertility statuses of patients’ female partners
		Pregnancy rateΔ, n (%)	Time to pregnancy, years (mean ± standard deviation)
<14 years, 37 (51.4)	Orchiectomy, 27 (72.9)	25 (92.6)	0.68 ± 0.32*
	Orchiopexy, 10 (27.2)	10 (100)	0.63 ± 0.29
14 to 18 years, 28 (38.9)	Orchiectomy, 18 (64.3)	14 (77.8)	1.42 ± 0.45* ‡
	Orchiopexy, 10 (35.7)	9 (90)	0.74 ± 0.38‡
>18 years, 7 (9.7)	Orchiectomy, 4 (57.1)	2 (50)	2.14+
	Orchiopexy, 3 (42.9)	2 (66.7)	0.85+
Total n = 72	Orchiectomy, 49 (68.1)Orchiopexy, 23 (31.9)	41 (83.7)21 (91.3)	1.41 ± 0.730.74 ± 0.11

^Δrow × column chi-squared test showed a significant difference in pregnancy rate across the three age groups, between patients who had undergone orchiectomy and those who had undergone surgical repositioning/orchiopexy (p < 0.02).

^*p < 0.001 (Student’s t-test).

^‡p < 0.01 (Student’s t-test).

⁺Statistical analysis (Student’s t-test) was not conducted because of the small number of patients in this group.