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Manual Reduction of Torsion of an Intrascrotal Appendage Under Ultrasonographic Monitoring
Author(s) -
Park Seong Jin,
Lee Hae Kyung,
Yi Boem Ha,
Cha Jang Gyu,
Joh Joon Hee,
Hong Hyun Sook,
Kim Hyun Cheol
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2007.26.3.293
Subject(s) - medicine , scrotum , ultrasonography , appendage , reduction (mathematics) , testicular torsion , surgery , radiology , torsion (gastropod) , anatomy , geometry , mathematics
Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of manual reduction of torsion of an intrascrotal appendage under ultrasonographic monitoring. Methods Fifteen boys with torsion of an intrascrotal appendage, confirmed by scrotal ultrasonography and clinical status, were included in the study. The boys were 6 to 13 years old (mean age, 9 years). They all had painful, unilateral swelling of the scrotum and a palpable, tender nodule on physical examination. Scrotal ultrasonography indicated a single, variably echoic mass corresponding to the intrascrotal appendage. The mass was avascular according to Doppler ultrasonography. Thirteen boys underwent manual reduction under ultrasonographic monitoring. We tried to pull and release the swollen appendage in 8 patients and gently squeezed the appendage in 5. The procedure was considered successful when ultrasonography showed reperfusion in the appendage and the patients stated complete relief of scrotal pain. In 14 boys, follow‐up scrotal ultrasonography was performed after the manual reduction. Results Successful reduction was obtained in 12 (80.0%) of 15 boys. Only 1 boy was regarded as having reduction failure; this patient had intractable pain after the trial reduction, and ultrasonography showed transient vascular flow that promptly disappeared in the appendage. On follow‐up ultrasonography, the maximal diameter ± SD of the intrascrotal appendages significantly decreased from 6.1 ± 1.2 to 4.0 ± 1.3 ( P = .005) in 11 patients with successful reduction. Conclusions Manual reduction under ultrasonographic monitoring seems to be a feasible and effective method for the treatment of torsion of an intrascrotal appendage to immediately relieve pain.