Contralateral testicular blood flow in unilateral testicular torsion measured by the 133Xe clearance technique.
Contralateral testicular blood flow was measured by the intratesticular injection of 133Xe in 9 controls (Group 1) and in 34 adult male albino rats with experimentally induced left testicular torsion. In Group 2 (n = 9) testicular torsion was maintained for 3 h; in Group 3 (n = 7) torsion was maintained for 9 h and in Group 4 (n = 10) for 15 days. In Group 5 (n = 16) torsion was maintained for 9 h in 8 rats and the sera were given to 8 normal animals. In Groups 3, 4 and 5 there was a significant increase in contralateral testicular blood flow on the fifteenth day. This increase may be the cause of contralateral testicular damage in prolonged unilateral testicular torsion.
Melikoglu
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Department of Paediatric Surgery, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Guntekin
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Erkilic
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Karaveli
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S
D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D051381:Rats; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes