authors
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Katarzyna Radomska, Adrianna Majewska, Zbigniew Jankowski, Jerzy Niedzielski
- Klinika Chirurgii i Onkologii Dziecięcej IPAM w Łodzi
Kierownik kliniki: dr n. med. J. Niedzielski
keywords
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testis acute scrotum children torsion of the testis torsion of the testis appendix surgery
summary
- Objective. The aim of the study was to prove that symptoms of acute
- scrotum (AS) in children should be considered as an indication for surgery.
- Material and method. The causes and ways of treatment of AS in 368 boys,
- aged from 5 days to 15 years, hospitalized in the Department of Pediatric
- Surgery and Oncology of the Institute of Paediatrics of ŁódĽ University School
- of Medicine between 1985 and 1997 were analysed.
- Results. Torsion of the testis" appendbc was found in 53.5% of cases, torsion
- of the testis in 13.3%, epididymo-orchitis in 26.1%, and other causes of AS in
- 11.1%. An anamnesis revealed trauma of the perineum in 10% of patients.
- Pain of the testis was observed in 81.0% of patients, oedema of the scrotum
- in 63%, erythema of the scrotum in 63.9%, pain localized in the upper pole of
- the testis in 26.6%, nausea or vomiting in 2.7%, fever in 4.6%, leucocytosis in
- 10.35%, and immature WBC in 7.3%. Most patients were admitted to the
- hospital during the first 12-24 hours after onset of AS symptoms. The number
- of surgical interventions in boys with AS increased during last three years.
- Conclusions. Because the most fre±uent causes of AS are torsion of the
- testis" appendix and torsion of the testis and its clinical manifestation is not
- characteristic, in authors" opinion AS in children is an indication for surgery.
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