Ipsilateral testicular necrosis and atrophy after 1,080-degree torsion of the spermatic cord in rats

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-123

  Romero, Frederico Ramalho ^a,b   Gomes, Regina Paula Xavier ^a   Lorenzini, Fernando ^a   Erdmann, Thomas Rolf ^a   Tambara Filho, Renato ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UFPR ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Necrosis; Rats; Spermatic cord torsion; Urologic surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SHAM PROCEDURE; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS TORSION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; MALE; NECROSIS; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TESTIS;

EID: 65749085050     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502009000200008     Document Type: Article

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