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Contralateral Testicular Blood Flow in Unilateral Testicular Torsion Measured by the 133 Xe Clearance Technique
Author(s) -
MELIKOGLU M.,
GUNTEKIN E.,
ERKILIC M.,
KARAVELI S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1992.tb15636.x
Subject(s) - testicular torsion , torsion (gastropod) , blood flow , medicine , testicle , adult male , anatomy , surgery
Summary— Contralateral testicular blood flow was measured by the intratesticular injection of 133 Xe in 9 controls (Group 1) and in 34 adult male albino rats with experimentally induced left testicular torsion. In Group 2 (n = 9) testicular torsion was maintained for 3 h; in Group 3 (n = 7) torsion was maintained for 9 h and in Group 4 (n = 10) for 15 days. In Group 5 (n= 16) torsion was maintained for 9 h in 8 rats and the sera were given to 8 normal animals. In Groups 3, 4 and 5 there was a significant increase in contralateral testicular blood flow on the fifteenth day. This increase may be the cause of contralateral testicular damage in prolonged unilateral testicular torsion.