Adnexal torsion. Organ-sparing tactics

Batyrova Z.K., Chundokova M.A., Uvarova E.V., Kumykova Z.Kh., Khashchenko E.P., Chuprynin V.D., Lunkov S.S., Kiseleva I.A., Latypova N.Kh., Buralkina N.A.

1Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow 117997, Ac. Oparina str. 4, Russia 2Department of Pediatric Surgery, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow 3N.F. Filatov City Children’s Hospital Thirteen, Moscow 103001, Sadovo-Kudrinskaya str. 15, Russia
Background. Adnexal torsion (AT) occurs in 15% of children. The choice of surgical tactics is based on visual assessment of the color of the uterine appendages. Ovariectomy is chosen when the twisted ovary is found to have a violet or blue-black color that remains after untwisting (detorsion). However, articles describing the favorable outcomes of preservation of even a seemingly nonviable ovary indicate that the blue-black color is not always confirmed by the morphological signs of necrosis, and in the late period there is recovery of blood flow and folliculogenesis in the untwisted ovary.
Description. The paper describes two most illustrative clinical cases of girls with AT, in which the blue-black color suggested the absence of ovarian viability, but the long-term results of detorsion testified that a surgeon’s initial opinion is faulty.
Conclusion. Pain complaints in the AT area is an encouraging clinical sign of viability of the ovary, which allows the choice of organ-sparing tactics even with its blue-black color, low vulnerability, and a lack of blood flow. Recovery of blood flow in the uterine appendage during the first 7 days after detorsion, as evidenced by pelvic Doppler ultrasound, should be considered to be a significant prognostic factor in the similar clinical picture of AT.

Keywords

adnexal torsion
girls
organ-sparing treatment
laparoscopy

Supplementary Materials

  1. Fig. 1. Patient A. Laparoscopic picture of torsion of the left appendages of the uterus
  2. Fig. 2. Patient B. Laparoscopy. Torsion of the right appendages of the uterus
  3. Fig. 3. Patient V. Ultrasound with color Doppler mapping, the 5th day. Single pixels in the right ovary

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Received 16.06.2017

Accepted 23.06.2017

About the Authors

Batyrova Zalina Kimovna, PhD, researcher, Department of Pediatric and adolescent gynecology of Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology,
Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954388542. Е-mail: linadoctor@mail.ru
Chundokova Madina Arsenovna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, pediatric surger of N.F. Filatov City Children’s Hospital Thirteen.
103001, Russia, Moscow, Sadovo-Kudrinskaya str. 15. Tel.: +79166702008. E-mail: cmadina@yandex.ru
Uvarova Elena Vitalievna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pediatric and adolescent gynecology, Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954388509. E-mail: elena-uvarova@yandex.ru
Kumykova Zaira Khasanovna, PhD, senior researcher, Department of Pediatric and adolescent gynecology, Research Center of Obstetrics,
Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954388542. E-mail: zai-kumykova@yandex.ru
Khashenko Elena Petrovna, researcher, Department of Pediatric and adolescent gynecology, Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology,
Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954388542. Е-mail: khashchenko_elena@mail.ru
Chuprynin Vladimir Dmitrievich, PhD, Head of the Department of General Surgery, Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology,
Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954387833. E-mail: v_chuprynin@oparina4.ru
Lunkov Stanislav Sergeevich, doctor at the Department of ultrasound diagnostic, Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954381177. E-mail: s_lunkov@oparina4.ru
Kiseleva Irina Anatolievna, PhD, senior researcher, at the Department of Pediatric and adolescent gynecology, Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954388542. E-mail: i_kiseleva@oparina4.ru
Latypova Nailja Khusainovna, PhD, doctor, Department of Pediatric and adolescent gynecology, Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology,
Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954388542. E-mail: nlatipova@mail.ru
Buralkina Natalya Aleksandrovna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Department of General Surgery, Research Center of Obstetrics,
Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954387833. E-mail: n_buralkina@oparina4.ru

For citations: Batyrova Z.K., Chundokova M.A., Uvarova E.V.,
Kumykova Z.Kh., Khashchenko E.P., Chuprynin V.D., Lunkov S.S., Kiseleva I.A.,
Latypova N.Kh., Buralkina N.A. Adnexal torsion. Organ-sparing tactics.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2017; (9): 148-52. (in Russian)
http://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2017.9.148-52

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