Testicular torsion on the Jos plateau

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-123

  Ugwu, B T ^a   Dakum, N K ^a   Yiltok, S J ^a   Mbah, N ^a   Legbo, J N ^a   Uba, A F ^a   Orkar, K S ^a   Ramyil, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Prompt and effective surgery; Testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLD EXPOSURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROTUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS TORSION; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142091771     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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