Current management of the acute scrotum

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-63

  Gatti, John M ^a   Patrick Murphy, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute scrotum; Epididymitis; Orchitis; Testis; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE SCROTUM; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTAL SWELLING; SCROTUM DISORDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS TORSION; UROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION;

EID: 33845928463     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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