The Role of Doppler Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Postnatal Testicular Torsion in Children
https://doi.org/10.52560/2713-0118-2021-5-69-81
Abstract
The diagnostic significance of the color Doppler study of testicular blood flow in testicular torsion has been studied for about 40 years, however, the prognostic value of the results obtained is ambiguous, as are the actual imaging capabilities of the technique. Our own experience of 110 observations of testicular torsion in children older than the neonatal period allows us to draw statistically reliable conclusions. Made on equipment premium-class research made it possible to evaluate how visualization intratesticular vascular pattern, and whirpool-sign and submit the primitive model of the actual inversion, explaining the impossibility of rendering whirpool-sign with the greatest tight inversion. The dynamics of testicular blood flow was studied immediately after successful and unsuccessful manual detorsion and in the long term after operative detorsion and orchopexy. The publication contains a brief analysis of the literature and is extensively illustrated.
About the Authors
E. B. Olkhova
Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A. I. Evdokimov, Department of Radiology, Ministry of Healthcare of Russia; Moscow Clinical Municipal Children Hospital St. Vladimir, Moscow Healthcare Department
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olkhova Elena Borisovna, M. D. Med., Professor, Professor of Department of Radiology; the Head of Department of the Ultrasound Diagnostic
9а, ul. Vucheticha, Moscow, 127206, Russia
Phone number: +7 (495) 611-01-77
S. Yu. Borisov
Moscow Clinical Municipal Children Hospital St. Vladimir, Moscow Healthcare Department
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Borisov Sergei Yurievich, Radiologist of Department of Ultrasound Diagnostic
1/3, ul. Rubtsovsko-Dvortsovaya, Moscow, 107014, Russia
Phone number: +7 (499) 268-83-87
M. V. Topolnik
Moscow Clinical Municipal Children Hospital St. Vladimir, Moscow Healthcare Department
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Topolnik Margarita Vladimirovna, Radiologist of Department of Ultrasound Diagnostic
1/3, ul. Rubtsovsko-Dvortsovaya, Moscow, 107014, Russia
Phone number: +7 (499) 268-83-87
A. Yu. Tagirova
Moscow Clinical Municipal Children Hospital St. Vladimir, Moscow Healthcare Department
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tagirova Anapiche Yuzbegovna, Radiologist of Department of Ultrasound Diagnostic
1/3, ul. Rubtsovsko-Dvortsovaya, Moscow, 107014, Russia
Phone number: +7 (499) 268-83-87
S. V. Zhumasitov
Moscow Clinical Municipal Children Hospital St. Vladimir, Moscow Healthcare Department
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Zhumasitov Salavat Viktorovich, Radiologist of Department of Ultrasound Diagnostic
1/3, ul. Rubtsovsko-Dvortsovaya, Moscow, 107014, Russia
Phone number: +7 (499) 268-83-87
T. V. Mukaseeva
Moscow Clinical Municipal Children Hospital St. Vladimir, Moscow Healthcare Department
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mukaseeva Tatyana Viktorovna, Radiologist of Department of Ultrasound Diagnostic
1/3, ul. Rubtsovsko-Dvortsovaya, Moscow, 107014, Russia
Phone number: +7 (499) 268-83-87
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Olkhova E.B., Borisov S.Yu., Topolnik M.V., Tagirova A.Yu., Zhumasitov S.V., Mukaseeva T.V. The Role of Doppler Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Postnatal Testicular Torsion in Children. Radiology - Practice. 2021;(5):69-81. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.52560/2713-0118-2021-5-69-81
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