Pilot feasibility study of transscrotal near infrared spectroscopy in the evaluation of adult acute scrotum

Journal of Urology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-129

  Burgu, Berk ^a   Aydogdu, Ozgu ^b   Huang, Rong ^c   Soygur, Tarkan ^a   Yaman, Onder ^a   Baker, Linda ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IZMIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler; near infrared; scrotum; spectroscopy; spermatic cord torsion; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE SCROTUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORCHIECTOMY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTIS TORSION; TRANSSCROTAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT PROJECTS; SCROTUM; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84878875578     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.01.080     Document Type: Article

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