Clinical and sonographic features predict testicular torsion in children: A prospective study

BJU International

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1201-1206

  Boettcher, Michael ^a   Krebs, Thomas ^a   Bergholz, Robert ^a   Wenke, Katharina ^a   Aronson, Daniel ^a   Reinshagen, Konrad ^a  

^a Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

children; clinical; prediction; score; sonographic; testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORCHIDOPEXY; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REFLEX; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS TORSION; VOMITING;

CHILDREN; CLINICAL; PREDICTION; SCORE; SONOGRAPHIC; TESTICULAR TORSION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SCROTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; VOMITING;

EID: 84887319526     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12229     Document Type: Article

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