Neonatal Torsion: A 14-Year Experience and Proposed Algorithm for Management

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2377-2383

  Kaye, Jonathan D ^a   Levitt, Selwyn B ^a   Friedman, Steven C ^a   Franco, Israel ^a   Gitlin, Jordan ^a   Palmer, Lane S ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

infant; newborn; spermatic cord torsion; testis; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; INGUINAL REGION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MORBIDITY; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; ORCHIECTOMY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; TORSION;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION;

EID: 43049120239     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.148     Document Type: Article

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