Factors associated with delayed treatment of acute testicular torsion - Do demographics or interhospital transfer matter?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 1743-1747

  Bayne, Aaron P ^a   Madden Fuentes, Ramiro J ^a   Jones, Eric A ^a   Cisek, Lars J ^a   Gonzales Jr , Edmond T ^a   Reavis, Kelly M ^c   Roth, David R ^a   Hsieh, Michael H ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emergencies; hospitals; orchiectomy; spermatic cord torsion; testis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TESTIS TORSION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83155166614     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.03.073     Document Type: Article

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