Open AccessDid COVID-19 Affect Time to Presentation in the Setting of Pediatric Testicular Torsion?
Author(s) -
Annalise Littman,
Karmon Janssen,
Tong Li,
Huayue Wu,
May D. Wang,
E Blum,
Andrew J. Kirsch
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric emergency care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1535-1815
pISSN - 0749-5161
DOI - 10.1097/pec.0000000000002333
Subject(s) - medicine , testicular torsion , orchiectomy , group b , covid-19 , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
To determine if boys with acute testicular torsion, a surgical emergency requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment to optimize salvage of the testicle, delayed presentation to a medical facility and experienced an extended duration of symptoms (DoS), and secondarily, a higher rate of orchiectomy, during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.