Turned, twisted and torqued?—management
T Child - Fertility and sterility, 2002 - fertstert.org
Pinto and colleagues (1) report the successful laparoscopic unwinding of a twisted adnexum
1 week after ET in a patient with bilateral hyperstimulated ovaries. The authors noted that the
contralateral ovary was enlarged but normal and elected not to perform follicular aspiration
or to insert a stay suture. The patient went on to deliver a healthy baby at term with no further
episodes of torsion. In 1997, we reported a case of sequential bilateral adnexal torsion after
a single cycle of gonadotropin ovulation induction/IUI treatment (2). At 6 weeks of …
1 week after ET in a patient with bilateral hyperstimulated ovaries. The authors noted that the
contralateral ovary was enlarged but normal and elected not to perform follicular aspiration
or to insert a stay suture. The patient went on to deliver a healthy baby at term with no further
episodes of torsion. In 1997, we reported a case of sequential bilateral adnexal torsion after
a single cycle of gonadotropin ovulation induction/IUI treatment (2). At 6 weeks of …
