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SUBMITTER: Shadgan B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4001653 | biostudies-other | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada 20140301 3-4
We report a case of testicular torsion in a 14-month old boy. Testicular ischemia was suspected based on history and clinical presentations. The patient was referred following 24 hours of left acute scrotum. Erythema, swelling and tenderness associated with nausea and emesis were present, but the patient was not febrile. We used a spatially resolved near-infrared spectroscopy (SR-NIRS) device to study and compare the tissue saturation index (TSI) on both right and left spermatic cords. The TSI w ...[more]