SUSTAINED POSITIVE PRACTICE CHANGE AFTER TARGETED EDUCATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OVARIAN TORSION

Failure to perform ovarian conservation surgery (OCS) for patients who present with adnexal torsion was recognized as a practice gap by the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) in 2017. A targeted educational campaign was conducted to promote detorsion and ovarian conservation surgery as the standard of care for ovarian torsion. We evaluated the practice change that has occurred for pediatric and adolescent patients with ovarian torsion from 2012-2022.