A selective approach to the treatment of acute scrotum in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 483-486

  Klin, B ^a   Zlotkevich, L ^a   Horne, T ^a   Livshitz, G ^a   Efrati, Y ^a   Vinograd, I ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute scrotum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SCROTUM DISORDER; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029813341     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00180089     Document Type: Article

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