The Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System (O-RADS) US Score Effect on Surgical Resection Rate

Background The Ovarian-Adnexal Imaging Reporting and Data System (O-RADS) US risk score can be used to accurately stratify ovarian lesions based on morphologic characteristics. However, there are no large multicenter studies assessing the potential impact of using O-RADS US version 2022 risk score in patients referred for surgery for an ovarian or adnexal lesion. Purpose To retrospectively determine the proportion of patients with ovarian or adnexal lesions without acute symptoms who may have been managed conservatively by using the O-RADS US version 2022 risk score. Materials and Methods This multicenter retrospective study included patients with ovarian cystic lesions and nonacute symptoms who underwent surgical resection after US before the introduction of O-RADS US between January 2011 and December 2014. Investigators blinded to the final diagnoses recorded lesion imaging features and O-RADS US risk scores. The frequency of malignancy and the diagnostic performance of the risk score were calculated. The Mann-Whitney test and Fisher exact test were performed, with P < .05 indicating a statistically significant difference. Results A total of 377 patients with surgically resected lesions were included. Among the resected lesions, 42% (157 of 377) were assigned an O-RADS US risk score of 2. Of the O-RADS US 2 lesions, 54% (86 of 157) were nonneoplastic, 45% (70 of 157) were dermoids or other benign tumors, and less than 1% (one of 157) were malignant. Using O-RADS US 4 as the optimal threshold for malignancy prediction yielded a 94% (68 of 72) sensitivity, 64% (195 of 305) specificity, 38% (68 of 178) positive predictive value, and 98% (195 of 199) negative predictive value. Conclusion In patients without acute symptoms who underwent surgery for ovarian and adnexal lesions before the O-RADS US risk score was published, nearly half (42%) of surgically resected lesions retrospectively met the O-RADS US 2 version 2022 criteria. In these patients, imaging follow-up or conservative management could have been offered. © RSNA, 2024 Supplemental material is available for this article. See also the editorial by Fournier in this issue.