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retroversion

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retroversion [‚re·trə′vər·zhən]
(anatomy)
A turning back.
(medicine)
A condition in which the uterus is tilted backward without any change in the angle of its longitudinal axis.


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Laparoscopic cystectomy is the preferred treatment for chocolate cysts; conservative surgery by laser ablation, division of adhesions and correction of retroversion are preferred in younger women, to preserve fertility choice; IVF is recommended if there is co-existing infertility.
The paradigm, however, is a physiological skeleton which shows the full range of motion of the arms, for example, through abduction, adduction, anteversion and retroversion.
Clinically this presents as in-toeing with excessive anteversion (very common) or out-toeing with excessive retroversion (very rare) (Figs 1 and 2).
 
 
 
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