The diagnostic value of ultrasound in pediatric testicular torsion with preserved flow.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Testicular torsion is the reduction of blood flow to the testis after spermatic cord torsion. For patients, the diagnosis of testicular torsion is controversial and complicated by the fact that ultrasound blood flow signals are not significantly reduced in comparison to the unaffected, healthy, testis, despite persistent symptoms on the affected side. Our study aims to investigate the diagnostic characteristics of high-resolution ultrasonography (US) in pediatric testicular torsion with the preserved flow to increase diagnostic accuracy.

Methods

Seven pediatric patients aged 49 days to 15 years old, with the preserved blood flow, but surgically diagnosed as testicular torsion, from October 2017 to August 2019, were retrospectively included in the study. The imagin

SUBMITTER: Xu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9554414 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature