Modifications of echogenicity of the testis during acute torsion may be a predictive factor of organ damage?

In the setting of symptoms of testicular torsion the absence of diastolic flow or color flow on Doppler ultrasound has traditionally prompted emergent scrotal exploration. This practice emanates from the difficulty on ultrasound of distinguishing salvageable testes from those that are not salvageabl...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Benedetto, Filippo Nigro, Emiliano Bratti, Andrea Tasca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-12-01
Series:Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/5053