Traumatic Torsion of the Testis

Elsaharty, Salah
Pranikoff, Kevin
Magoss, Imre V.
Sufrin, Gerald

From the Department of Urology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Children ‘s Hospital of Buffalo and Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo. New York

Accepted August 2, 1984.

Read at annual meeting of Northeastern Section, American Urological Association, Ellenville, New York, September 12-15, 1982.

Supported in part by the Gary A. Christian Memorial Cancer Fund.

Journal of Urology 132(6):p 1155-1156, December 1984. | DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)50073-7

ABSTRACT

Torsion of the testis is a common urological emergency. Blunt scrotal trauma also may precipitate an emergency. We recently treated 2 adolescent boys in whom blunt scrotal trauma induced testicular torsion. A retrospective review of the charts of 138 patients explored for acute scrotal pain at our hospital revealed a history of scrotal trauma in 3 of 57 patients (5 per cent) with testicular torsion and 7 of 73 (10 per cent) with torsion of the testicular appendages. The possibility of torsion must be considered in cases of scrotal trauma.