Conservative Laparoscopic Treatment in Isolated Tubal Torsion in a Young Patient
Fatih Şanlıkan *
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ümraniye Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ahmet Göçmen
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ümraniye Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Muhittin Eftal Avcı
Department of Perinatology, Aegean Obstetrics and Gynecology Training and Research Hospital, YeniÅŸehir, Izmir, Turkey.
OÄŸuz Arslan
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ümraniye Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aim: Isolated tubal torsion is a rare entity in young women. To represent a case of conservative laparoscopic treatment in isolated tubal torsion in a young patient.
Presentation of Case: A 20-year-old virgin woman who had acute right lower quadrant of abdominal pain and nausea underwent diagnostic laparoscopy with subsequent detorsion of the involved fallopian tube in a tertiary care medical center.
Discussion: The treatment modality of tubal torsion in most of the reported cases during initial surgery or at the time of recurrent torsion after detorsion was salpingectomy.
Conclusion: Conservative treatment option that is laparoscopic detorsion which should be preferred especially in young patients to preserve the tubo-ovarian function.
Keywords: Isolated tubal torsion, laparoscopic detorsion