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Role of ultrasound in manual detorsion for testicular torsion
Author(s) -
Hosokawa Takahiro,
Tanami Yutaka,
Sato Yumiko,
Ishimaru Tetsuya,
Kawashima Hiroshi,
Oguma Eiji
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.23039
Subject(s) - medicine , testicular torsion , ultrasound , perfusion , spermatic cord torsion , surgery , radiology , nuclear medicine
Abstract Purpose Manual detorsion can be performed for testicular torsion before scrotal exploration. Using sonographic findings, this study investigated the need for additional treatments after manual detorsion for testicular torsion. Methods This study evaluated 13 retrospective cases of testicular torsion subjected to manual detorsion. Manual detorsion was classified as failure or success based on residual spermatic cord twist. The following sonographic findings of the affected testis were compared using the Fisher exact test: whirlpool sign, horizontal or altered lie, and hypoperfusion. Results Manual detorsion failed in five patients. There was a significant difference in the incidence of the whirlpool sign between the two groups (present/absent sign in the failure vs. success groups: 4/1 vs. 0/8, p = 0.007). Horizontal or altered lie and hypoperfusion in the affected testis were not significantly different between groups (5/0 vs. 3/4, p = 0.07, one case excluded, and 5/0 vs. 4/4, p = 0.10, respectively). Conclusions Ultrasound findings after manual detorsion, particularly, the whirlpool sign, were useful for planning subsequent treatment such as additional manual detorsion or surgical intervention. The testicular axis and the perfusion of the twisted testis may not recover to normal after successful manual detorsion, but if they recover, this procedure could be judged a success.