ACUTE GROIN TREATMENT
Article published in Urologia Polska 1998/51/3.

authors

Wiesław Duda, Jan Kawecki, Mirosław Salamon, Krzysztof Łukojć, Krzysztof Sacha, Andrzej Szurkowski

Szpital im. E. Michalowskiego w Katowicach
Dyrektor: dr n. med. W. Duda

keywords

scrotum acute groin treatment

summary

Objective. 109 patients after operational treatment with acute groin diagnosis

from 1993 to 1997 were analyzed. We evaluated methods of treatment and if final

diagnosis was confirmed with initial.

Material and methods. There were subseąuent reasons of acute groin: testis or

appendix torsion, lesion of the groin including lesion of the testis and infectious

groin diseases. According with age patients were divided into three groups:

children to 9 years old (68 i.e. 64.5%), adults between 10-60 years old (23 e.i. 21.1%)

and older people (18 e.i. 16.5%).

Results. The most common diagnosis in children was torsio testis vel appendix,

91 % confirmed during the operation, 6 from them had only acute epididymis

inflammation disease. We had to set operation treatment in all cases with groin

lesion. All patients with acute inflammation groin disease needed operation too

26 patients

Conclusions. Acute groin disease case is in our opinion indication for urgent

operation.

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