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How to Treat Chronic Idiopathic Testicular Pain? Scrotoscopy with a Novel Percutaneous Endoscopy Equipment
Joint Authors
Lei, Junhao
Luo, Chunhua
Su, Xinjun
Wang, Xinghuan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-09-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Management of chronic idiopathic testicular pain may be difficult because of problems identifying the causes.
We evaluated “AUTOKLAV”, a novel endourological nephrolithotomy device to diagnose and treat chronic idiopathic testicular pain.
Methods.
We divided 103 patients to either scrotoscopy group (SG, n = 64) or open exploration group (OEG, n = 39) between September 2014 and March 2017 at Zhongnan Hospital.
Perioperative information, like operating time, length of incision, and wound infections, was carefully recorded during in hospital.
Follow-up data, like pain scores improvement, satisfaction with penis appearance, and adverse event, were collected at one month postoperatively.
Results.
Finally, both the operating time and length of incision showed better performance for SG (43.6 ± 4.7 versus 51.5 ± 9.0 min; 0.7 ± 0.2 versus 4.1 ± 0.8 cm; both P <0.01).
Though the pain improvement had no significant differences between the two groups (2.92 ± 0.99 and 2.14 ± 1.02, p>0.05), SG showed obvious advantages in incidence of wound infections and satisfaction with wound/scrotum appearance (0% versus 2.9%; 96.4% versus 85.3%, both P<0.05).
Conclusions.
In conclusion, scrotoscopy using the novel AUTOKLAV device is feasible, has an acceptable complication rate, and can be effective and safe in men with idiopathic chronic testicular pain.
Etiologically, secondary inflammatory changes caused by the complete or incomplete torsion of testicular or epididymis appendices or by the existence of stones in the tunica sac might be responsible for the pain.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lei, Junhao& Luo, Chunhua& Su, Xinjun& Wang, Xinghuan. 2018. How to Treat Chronic Idiopathic Testicular Pain? Scrotoscopy with a Novel Percutaneous Endoscopy Equipment. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130049
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lei, Junhao…[et al.]. How to Treat Chronic Idiopathic Testicular Pain? Scrotoscopy with a Novel Percutaneous Endoscopy Equipment. BioMed Research International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130049
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lei, Junhao& Luo, Chunhua& Su, Xinjun& Wang, Xinghuan. How to Treat Chronic Idiopathic Testicular Pain? Scrotoscopy with a Novel Percutaneous Endoscopy Equipment. BioMed Research International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130049
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1130049