Emergency laparoscopy for suspected ovarian torsion: are we too hasty to operate?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2012-2015

  Bar On, Shikma ^a,b   Mashiach, Roy ^b,c   Stockheim, David ^b,c   Soriano, David ^b,c   Goldenberg, Motti ^b,c   Schiff, Eyal ^b,c   Seidman, Daniel S ^b,c  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

adnexa; emergency laparoscopy; ovary; Preoperative diagnosis; torsion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY TORSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORSION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL FUTILITY; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TORSION ABNORMALITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 77949913671     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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