Contemporary review of testicular torsion: New concepts, emerging technologies and potential therapeutics

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 6 PART A, 2013, Pages 723-730

  Dajusta, Daniel G ^a   Granberg, Candace F ^a   Villanueva, Carlos ^a   Baker, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Orchiectomy; Orchiopexy; Testicular torsion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARNITINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GENOMIC DNA; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LYCOPENE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MOLSIDOMINE; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ROSUVASTATIN; SILDENAFIL; TACROLIMUS; TESTOSTERONE; UBIDECARENONE; VARDENAFIL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CRYPTORCHISM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DAMAGE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ARREST; HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DESCENT; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS INJURY; TESTIS TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

FERTILITY; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHIOPEXY; TESTICULAR TORSION;

CHILD; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORCHIOPEXY; PEDIATRICS; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION;

EID: 84887988825     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: 18734898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2012.08.012     Document Type: Review

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