Preoperative sonographic and clinical characteristics as predictors of ovarian torsion

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Shadinger, Libby L ^a   Andreotti, Rochelle F ^a   Kurian, Rachel L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Ovarian masses; Ovarian torsion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TORSIONAL STRESS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL SYMPTOMS; OVARIAN TORSION; VENOUS FLOW;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENARCHE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY HYPERTROPHY; OVARY TORSION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TORSION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VOMITING;

EID: 38349091933     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.1.7     Document Type: Article

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