Seiji Nagasawa, Akihiro Kanematsu, Yasuhiro Shinkai, Kimihiro Shimatani, Takahiko Hashimoto, Yoshikazu Togo, Toru Suzuki, Shuken Go, Michio Nojima, Shingo Yamamoto
Between November 2011 and November 2014, we performed a tunica albuginea incision with tunica vaginalis flap coverage (TAI+TVFC) on 5 out of 15 patients who underwent surgery for testicular torsion. Of those 15 patients, 7 underwent orchidopexy alone (Group A), 5 underwent TAI+TVFC (Group B), and 3 underwent an orchidectomy procedure (Group C). All were followed for 1 year and preservation of testicular volume >50% on the contralateral side in ultrasound measurements was considered as salvaged. During the follow-up examinations, no testicular atrophy was noted in Group A...
November 2017: Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica