Acute testicular ischemia caused by incarcerated inguinal hernia

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-200

  Orth, Robert C ^b   Towbin, Alexander J ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute scrotum; Inguinal hernia; Scrotal sonography; Testicular ischemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TESTICULAR ISCHEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTICLE SIZE; ULTRASOUND; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INFANT; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TESTIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862312167     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2210-4     Document Type: Article

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