Ipsilateral testicular necrosis and atrophy after 1,080-degree torsion of the spermatic cord in rats

Frederico R. Romero, Regina Paula X. Gomes, Fernando Lorenzini, Thomas Rolf Erdmann, Renato Tâmbara Filho

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira · 2009 · 15 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

The incidence of testicular necrosis/atrophy immediately after 1 to 4 hours of 1,080-degree torsion of the spermatic cord is 5.5%, in comparison with 33.3% sixty days after detorsion of the spermatic cord.

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