Abstract:Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System (O-RADS) based on simplified flow chart for benign and malignant adnexal tumors.Methods Retrospective analysis was performed on 100 cases of patients undergoing surgical resections of adnexal tumors in our hospital from January 2021 to December 2022. According to the ultrasound characteristics, the tumors were classified based on the simplified flow chart of O-RADS, and pathological results were taken as the gold standard to analyze the diagnostic efficacy and the optimal cut-off value of the O-RADS classification. The consistency of diagnosis among sonographers with different years of experience and that of the same sonographer at distinct time were also evaluated.Results Among 100 cases, 66 cases were benign and 34 cases were malignant as indicated by the pathological findings. The multivariable Logistic regression analysis revealed that non-classical features of benign lesions [O^R = 0.006 (95% CI: 0.000, 0.370) ], tumor diameter ≥ 10 cm [O^R = 16.268 (95% CI: 1.125, 235.219) ], rough boundaries [O^R = 0.025 (95% CI: 0.001, 0.653) ], uneven internal echo [O^R = 0.044 (95% CI: 0.003, 0.765) ], the presence of papillae [O^R = 0.032 (95% CI: 0.002, 0.440) ], lesions containing mainly solid components [O^R = 45.180 (95% CI: 1.391, 146.784) ], and blood flow grade ≥ 2 [O^R = 0.007 (95% CI: 0.000, 0.330) ] were risk features for malignant ovarian-adnexal tumors. The sensitivity, specificity and the area under the curve (AUC) of O-RADS-A for diagnosing malignant adnexal tumors were 97.06% (95% CI: 0.829, 0.998), 71.20% (95% CI: 0.586, 0.814), and 0.841 (95% CI: 0.763, 0.919), while those of O-RADS-B were 38.24% (95% CI: 0.227, 0.564), 96.97% (95% CI: 0.885, 0.995), and 0.676 (95% CI: 0.556, 0.796). O-RADS 4 was the optimal cut-off value for predicting the malignancy of adnexal tumors, and the diagnosis results of two sonographers with different years of experience and those of the same sonographer at distinct time were consistent (P < 0.05). The O-RADS based on simplified flow chart was less time-consuming than the color-coded scoring table.Conclusions The O-RADS classification system is of high diagnostic value for benign and malignant adnexal tumors, and the classification method of O-RADS based on the simplified flow chart is less time-consuming. Besides, the consistency of the diagnosis results of two sonographers with different years of experience and those of the same sonographer at distinct time is high. It is suggested that O-RADS 4 and 5 should be regarded as high-risk predictors for malignant adnexal tumors by their high diagnostic efficacy.