Extirpative surgery for chronic orchialgia: is there a role?

Chronic orchialgia is a difficult and frustrating condition for both the patient and clinician. Determining appropriate course of therapy should require extensive conservative measures and consideration of alternative surgical options prior to concluding an orchiectomy is warranted. This manuscript...

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Autor principal: Lowe, Gregory
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2017
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5503920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725610
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tau.2017.03.37
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description Chronic orchialgia is a difficult and frustrating condition for both the patient and clinician. Determining appropriate course of therapy should require extensive conservative measures and consideration of alternative surgical options prior to concluding an orchiectomy is warranted. This manuscript aims to provide the clinician with the information currently available to determine if the anticipated success rate is warranted to consider extirpative surgery for idiopathic chronic orchialgia.
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spelling pubmed-55039202017-07-19 Extirpative surgery for chronic orchialgia: is there a role? Lowe, Gregory Transl Androl Urol Review Article Chronic orchialgia is a difficult and frustrating condition for both the patient and clinician. Determining appropriate course of therapy should require extensive conservative measures and consideration of alternative surgical options prior to concluding an orchiectomy is warranted. This manuscript aims to provide the clinician with the information currently available to determine if the anticipated success rate is warranted to consider extirpative surgery for idiopathic chronic orchialgia. AME Publishing Company 2017-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5503920/ /pubmed/28725610 http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tau.2017.03.37 Text en 2017 Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5503920/
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