title: Chronic scrotal and inguinal pain after orchidopexy in a 13-year-old boy, treated by pulsed radiofrequency of the dorsal ganglia.
abstract: Chronic scrotal pain can be a difficult clinical entity to treat. Many different treatment options have been proposed. We describe the case of a young boy with chronic scrotal and inguinal pain on the right side, following two orchidopexies. After many therapies had failed, we treated the dorsal root ganglia of thoracic 12, lumbar 1 and lumbar 2 with pulsed radiofrequency, finally resulting in alleviation of his pain.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Isala Klinieken, Postbus 10500, 8000 GM Zwolle, The Netherlands. Electronic address: ilsehofmeester@gmail.com.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hofmeester
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Steffens
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brinkert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056126:Orchiopexy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D061208:Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D012611:Scrotum
keywords: Orchialgia; Orchidopexy; Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF); Scrotal pain