Testicular Torsion in the Absence of Severe Pain: Considerations for the Pediatric Surgeon

• Autores principales: Alexander Kapp (Autor), David Troxler (Autor), Friederike Prüfer (Autor), Stefan Holland-Cunz (Autor), Martina Frech (Autor), Stephanie J. Gros (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: MDPI AG, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
• Acceso en línea: Connect to this object online.

Testicular torsion is a surgical emergency. Early diagnosis and surgical treatment are vital in order to preserve the affected gonad. Current surgical teaching emphasizes sudden, severe, persistent, unilateral scrotal pain as a cardinal symptom of testicular torsion. We present the case of unilatera...