title: Changing pattern of scrotal exploration for testicular torsion.
abstract: A total of 201 urgent scrotal explorations for unilateral painful testis was performed over a six-year period. Seventy-two (36%) testicular torsions were identified. Fifty-seven (79%) testes were salvaged and fifteen (21%) orchiectomies were done. Although the annual number of scrotal explorations increased over the years of study, no benefit in terms of increased testicular salvage could be identified.
mesh_terms: D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000601:surgery; D004630:Emergencies; D004739:England; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012611:Scrotum / Q000601:surgery*; D013086:Spermatic Cord Torsion / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*