SAVE Testis-sparing score: a multicenter retrospective study of a novel predictive tool for quantifying testicular tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Testis-sparing surgery (TSS) is a safe treatment for patients with benign testicular tumors. Presently, assessments for evaluating the suitability of TSS are poorly standardized, partially because testicular anatomical elements cannot be quantitatively described.

Materials and methods

The authors developed a scoring method known as the SAVE testis-sparing score based on four critical and accessible anatomical features of a testicular tumor. The SAVE score ranges from 0 to 8 and is divided into four risk classes ( low , medium , high , and extremely high ) to evaluate the feasibility of TSS, wherein low-risk indicates high feasibility and vice versa. This study included 444 testicular tumor patients from eight centers. Among them, 216 patients (model group: 151 pat

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720877 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature