title: An acute scrotum following a laparoscopic appendectomy.
abstract: We report a case of a 13-year-old boy who developed an acute left hemiscrotum following a laparoscopic appendectomy for a perforated appendicitis. Laparoscopic techniques have provided surgeons and their patients with effective and less invasive methods to treat illness that previously required open surgery. However, complications can occur with these new surgical modalities. It is incumbent upon the surgeon to carefully document and evaluate these complications, facilitating preventive measures, and allow for a proper and timely diagnosis and treatment plan in the future. Herein, we present a previously unreported urologic complication of an acute scrotum following a laparoscopic appendectomy for a perforated appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Figueroa
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Skinner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012611:Scrotum; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000150:complications*