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REVASCULARIZATION OF THE TESTIS FOLLOWING INADVERTENT DIVISION OF THE TESTICULAR VESSELS DURING HERNIA REPAIR
Author(s) -
Kumta Samir M.,
Morrison Wayne A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb01923.x
Subject(s) - medicine , revascularization , inguinal hernia , surgery , hernia repair , general surgery , hernia , myocardial infarction
This case report describes the revascularization of the testis in a 21‐year‐old man after his testicular vessels were inadvertently divided during primary repair of an inguinal hernia. The circumstances in which this occurred and the possible complications are discussed and the need to attempt repair of the divided vessels in such cases is emphasized.