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Closed Reduction of a Traumatically Dislocated Testicle
Author(s) -
Madden John F.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1994.tb02444.x
Subject(s) - medicine , testicle , reduction (mathematics) , emergency department , crash , relocation , surgery , general surgery , anatomy , nursing , geometry , mathematics , computer science , programming language
Traumatic testicular dislocation is an uncommon event, with fewer than 60 cases having been reported in the literature. It is imperative that the emergency physician be aware of the possibility of testicular dislocation following perineal trauma and either seek emergent urologic consultation or attempt relocation of the testicle immediately. Testicular dislocation (following a motorcycle crash) that was successfully managed by closed reduction in the emergency department (ED) is presented. Following a benign course during subsequent observation, the patient was released with close urologic follow‐up.