Testicular Cooling Associated With Testicular Torsion and its Detection by Infrared Thermography: An Experimental Study in Sheep

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2688-2693

  Capraro, Geoffrey A ^a   Coughlin, Bret F ^b   Mader, Timothy J ^a   Smithline, Howard A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ischemia; sheep; spermatic cord torsion; temperature; thermography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS TORSION; THERMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; MALE; SHEEP; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 55549131876     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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