Adnexal torsion in pediatric and adolescent girls

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 483-489

  Breech, Lesley L ^a,b   Hillard, Paula J Adams ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adnexal torsion; Detorsion; Ovarian torsion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADNEXAL TORSION; ADOLESCENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLICLE CYST; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIFESTYLE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIECTOMY; OVARIOPEXY; OVARY FUNCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TERATOMA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TORSION; UTERUS SURGERY;

EID: 25444524883     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000179666.39548.78     Document Type: Review

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