Journal Reviews

The current state of surgical practice for neonatal torsion

1 September 2014 | | Paediatric Urology | Perinatal testicular torsion, Postnatal torsion, Prenatal torsion

Perinatal testicular torsion may be subdivided into prenatal (73%) and postnatal (28%) up to 30 days post birth. Aetiology in the former is universally extra vaginal around the whole of the tunica vaginalis with testicular salvage rate of <5%. Postnatal...