The limits of diagnosis of testicular torsion in the child: Medicolegal implications in clinical practice

Testicular torsion is a pediatric urological emergency. We report a case of testicular torsion that occurred in a 10‐year‐old child. The case shows that it is a disease with risk of medicolegal litigation. We demonstrate the role of proper triage, and we analyze the limits and critical points for di...

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Autores principales: Aquila, Isabella, Abenavoli, Ludovico, Sacco, Matteo Antonio, Ricci, Pietrantonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8659548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34938556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5180
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author Aquila, Isabella
Abenavoli, Ludovico
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description Testicular torsion is a pediatric urological emergency. We report a case of testicular torsion that occurred in a 10‐year‐old child. The case shows that it is a disease with risk of medicolegal litigation. We demonstrate the role of proper triage, and we analyze the limits and critical points for diagnosing it.
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spelling pubmed-86595482021-12-21 The limits of diagnosis of testicular torsion in the child: Medicolegal implications in clinical practice Aquila, Isabella Abenavoli, Ludovico Sacco, Matteo Antonio Ricci, Pietrantonio Clin Case Rep Case Report Testicular torsion is a pediatric urological emergency. We report a case of testicular torsion that occurred in a 10‐year‐old child. The case shows that it is a disease with risk of medicolegal litigation. We demonstrate the role of proper triage, and we analyze the limits and critical points for diagnosing it. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8659548/ /pubmed/34938556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5180 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Ricci, Pietrantonio
The limits of diagnosis of testicular torsion in the child: Medicolegal implications in clinical practice
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5180
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