Multicenter Assessment of Ultrasound of the Spermatic Cord in Children With Acute Scrotum

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 297-301

  Kalfa, Nicolas ^a   Veyrac, Corinne ^b   Lopez, Manuel ^a   Lopez, Christophe ^a   Maurel, Aude ^c   Kaselas, Christos ^h   Sibai, Samir ^d   Arena, Francesco ^j   Vaos, George ⁱ   Bréaud, Jean ^e   Merrot, Thierry ^f   Kalfa, David ^f   Khochman, Issam ^g   Mironescu, Aurel ^k   Minaev, Sergey ^l   Avérous, Michel ^a   Galifer, René Benoit ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^f HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^g Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^h Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

ⁱ PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^j Department of Pediatric and Neonatal Surgery   (Italy)

^k Department of Pediatric Surgery   (Romania)

^l STAVROPOL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

child; sensitivity and specificity; spermatic cord torsion; surgery; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE SCROTUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS TORSION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33845436391     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.08.128     Document Type: Article

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