Is the conservative management of the acute scrotum justified on clinical grounds?

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 623-627

  Watkin, N A ^a,b   Reiger, N A ^a   Moisey, C U ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incidence; Orchidectomy; Spermatic cord torsion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; TESTIS TORSION;

EID: 0030423225     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1996.16321.x     Document Type: Article

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