Scrotal gunshot injury: A case report

Incidence of firearm injuries generally and scrotal injuries specifically varies between regions and countries. Patients admitted to the emergency department for gunshot wounds to external genitalia require a thorough assessment. We report the case of a 33-year-old patient who was shot in the thigh...

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Autores principales: Kadouri, Youssef, Zaoui, Youssef, Sayegh, Hachem EL., Benslimane, Lounis, Nouini, Yassine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Trauma and Reconstruction
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7548945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33072518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101437
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author Kadouri, Youssef
Zaoui, Youssef
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description Incidence of firearm injuries generally and scrotal injuries specifically varies between regions and countries. Patients admitted to the emergency department for gunshot wounds to external genitalia require a thorough assessment. We report the case of a 33-year-old patient who was shot in the thigh and scrotum resulting in a unilateral orchidectomy. In this article, we detail key elements of care for this type of injuries.
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spelling pubmed-75489452020-10-16 Scrotal gunshot injury: A case report Kadouri, Youssef Zaoui, Youssef Sayegh, Hachem EL. Benslimane, Lounis Nouini, Yassine Urol Case Rep Trauma and Reconstruction Incidence of firearm injuries generally and scrotal injuries specifically varies between regions and countries. Patients admitted to the emergency department for gunshot wounds to external genitalia require a thorough assessment. We report the case of a 33-year-old patient who was shot in the thigh and scrotum resulting in a unilateral orchidectomy. In this article, we detail key elements of care for this type of injuries. Elsevier 2020-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7548945/ /pubmed/33072518 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101437 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Scrotal gunshot injury: A case report
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topic Trauma and Reconstruction
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7548945/
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