Torsion of normal adnexa in postmenarcheal women: Can ultrasound indicate an ischemic process?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-341

  Smorgick, N ^a   Maymon, R ^a   Mendelovic, S ^a   Herman, A ^a   Pansky, M ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Normal adnexa; Torsion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TORSION; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY ISCHEMIA; PARITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; ADNEXA DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; LAPAROTOMY; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; OVARY DISEASE; TORSION; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TORSION ABNORMALITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 49949114899     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5194     Document Type: Article

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