Open AccessAcute ovarian torsion in young girls
Author(s) -
Smaïl Acimi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of acute disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-5516
pISSN - 2221-6189
DOI - 10.1016/j.joad.2015.07.006
Subject(s) - medicine , ovarian torsion , torsion (gastropod) , surgical emergency , presentation (obstetrics) , ovary , surgery , emergency surgery
ObjectiveTo get to know about the clinical presentation of ovarian torsion in young girls.MethodsFrom January 2009 to January 2014, 4 patients were treated in our hospital for ovarian torsion. The ages of the patients at surgery were 3, 9, 141, 151 months, with a mean age of 76 months.ResultsIn all cases, the ovary was necrotic at the time of surgery.ConclusionsOvarian torsion is a rare gynecological emergency in children which requires an early surgical intervention to save the ovary from necrosis. Unfortunately, surgical treatment was belated in all our patients