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Title: Testicular Torsion on the Jos Plateau
Authors: Ugwu, B.T
Dakum, N.K
Yiltok, S.J
Mbah, N
Legbo, J.N
Uba, A.F
Orkar, K.S
Ramyil, V.M
Keywords: Early diagnosis,
Prompt and Effective surgery.
Issue Date: 2003
Publisher: WAJM
Series/Report no.: Vol.22;No.2;Pp 120-123
Abstract: In order to determine the pattern and the factors that influenced outcome, we retrospectively studied fifty-seven patients with torsion of the testis admitted to the Jos University Teaching Hospital between August 1993 and July 2001. The age ranged from 2 to 55 years with a mean of 22.7 years. Majority (79%) of the patients were in the second and third decades of life. The main suspected precipitating factors in this study were cold weather and sectoral trauma; in 28% of the cases no cause could be ascertained. Eight (14%) patients presented within 4 hours and 35(61%) presented after 24 hours of the onset of symptoms. Both sides were equally affected. Testicular pain, retraction and sectoral swelling were the most common presenting complaints. The highest incidence (65%) occurred between November and February when the weather on the Jos plateau is coldest. At surgery, 34 (60%) patients were found to have associated congenital anomalies; in 22 (39%) patients, the testis was non-viable. There was no mortality in this series and the complications were superficial wound infection (14%), testicular atrophy (7%) and sub-fertility (16%). High index of suspicion in a patient with acute scrotum, prompt and effective surgery will improve testicular salvage.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/813
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