Management of perinatal torsion: Today, tomorrow or never?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 4 II, 2005, Pages 1579-1583

  Yerkes, Elizabeth B ^a   Robertson, Frank M ^b   Gitlin, Jordan ^c   Kaefer, Martin ^c   Cain, Mark P ^c   Rink, Richard C ^c  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b San Antonio Plastic Surgery Institute   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Spermatic cord torsion

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANORCHIA; ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS TORSION;

EID: 78549267845     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000179542.05953.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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