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Filter by:Adnexal torsion is the fifth most common gynecologic emergency. Thirty percent of all cases of adnexal torsion occur in females younger than 20 years. Approximately 5 of 100,000 females aged 1-20 years are affected, with girls older than 10 years at increased risk because of hormonal influences and gonadal growth that result in an increased frequency of physiologic and pathologic masses. The most common clinical symptom of torsion is sudden-onset abdominal pain that is intermittent, non-radiating, and associated with nausea and vomiting in 62% and 67% of cases respectively. Moreover, abdominal tenderness is a clinical sign which is reported in up to 88% of patients with adnexal torsion. None of the following tests are useful in the diagnosis of adnexal torsion: leukocytosis, pyuria, C-reactive protein, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Actually, transabdominal ultrasonography is the imaging modality of choice with a sensitivity of 92% and specificity of 96% in detecting adnexal torsion. A second-line imaging tool in the diagnosis of adnexal torsion is magnetic resonance, which may require a sedation in selected cases. Consequently, there are no clinical or imaging criteria sufficient to confirm the preoperative diagnosis of adnexal torsion to date. Therefore, patients with a clinical suspicion for adnexal torsion should undergo emergent diagnostic laparoscopy.
There are mostly ovarian cysts under adnexal torsion from gynecological emergencies. There are many studies in the literature examining the effect of adnexal detorsion on ovarian reserve. However, there is no study in the literature examining the effect of concomitant cystectomy. In this study, the investigators aimed to investigate whether the cystectomy procedure performed together with detorsion has an additional effect on the ovarian reserve in cases of ovarian torsion with cysts.
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether or not furosemide causes the bladder to fill faster than IV fluids alone so that a pelvic ultrasound exam can be performed.
The overall goal of the project is to find a panel of novel biomarkers for early detection of ovarian torsion.
Clinical diagnosis of adnexal torsion is difficult because the symptomatology is dominated by abrupt onset pelvic pain, an aspecific sign which does not allow a diagnosis of certainty to be made. To confirm the diagnosis, the reference examination is pelvic ultrasound with Doppler flow analysis. However, its intake is low, its sensitivity varies from 46 to 73% depending on the studies. Other imaging techniques have been considered, such as MRI, with a sensitivity far superior to ultrasound, but its difficult accessibility, in particular in the context of an emergency, makes it unusable in clinical practice. The use of ultrasound with the injection of an ultrasound contrast agent, strict intravascular, seems to be an interesting technique to assess the perfusion parameters of the ovary and improve the diagnostic sensitivity of the adnexal torsion. Its interest has already been demonstrated in the diagnosis of testicular torsion in animals but to date, no study has evaluated its contribution in adnexal torsion.
Ovarian torsion is a relatively common gynecological emergency, usually presenting as acute lower abdominal pain. Due to patient's presentation diversity, the diagnosis is clinical and requires integration of different factors and the exclusion of other non-gynecological pathologies. Surgery is the definitive treatment and may still be effective after several hours of symptoms. Delay in treatment can impact fertility adversely. The aim of this study is to evaluate the change in anti mullarian hormone before and after laparoscopic de-torsion of the ovary in our medical center compared to controls.
Ovarian torsion is one of the gynecological emergency. This complication requires high clinical suspicion and early detection, to prevent permanent loss of ovarian function. The long uterine ovarian ligament could be a risk factor for ovarian torsion. We want to measure the uterine ovarian ligament length during routine laparoscopy/laparotomy and to compare the length between the torsion group and other non torsion patients
The role of teleradiology has far reaching implications for the health of remote and underserved populations. The ability to coordinate radiographic evaluation and diagnosis from a distance has the potential to raise the standard of patient care throughout the world. Perhaps the safest and most cost effective mode of teleradiology today is telesonography. The current project attempts to determine the extent that telesonography improves the standard of care within a rural government-run primary clinic within the Dominican Republic. The work reported herein is intended to compare the use of telesonography to the current standard of sonographic examination (referral to government hospital 60km from target clinic). The study was conducted by randomly assigning 100 patients with clinical indications for sonographic examination into experimental and control groups. Following a 60-day implementation period, the following research questions will be addressed: 1) To what extent does the use of asynchronous telesonography increase the percentage of definitive diagnoses based on the total number of scans (definitive diagnoses / total number of scans)? 2) To what extent does the use of asynchronous telesonography increase the continuity of care for patients? 3) To what extent does the elapsed time between scanning and final radiological interpretation decrease with the use of asynchronous telesonography? This study will also look at the history of telemedicine / telesonography and its dissemination into the mainstream practice of medicine, explore training protocols that may be used to assist others to establish new telesonography programs in a developing nations, and discuss both advances and persistent barriers to the implementation of telesonography programs. Hypothesis: The use of a store-and-forward telesonography system in this setting will increase the speed and number of final diagnoses per scan received by the target clinic and will increase the continuity of care by increasing the number and speed of follow-up appointments to the target clinic.