Outcomes of scrotal exploration for acute scrotal pain suspicious of testicular torsion: A consecutive case series of 173 patients

BJU International

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 990-993

  Molokwu, Chidi N ^a   Somani, Bhaskar K ^a   Goodman, Chris M ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Scrotum; Seasonality; Surgical outcomes; Testis; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE SCROTUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS TORSION; WEATHER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLD TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952597006     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09557.x     Document Type: Article

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