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...

New concepts, emerging technologies and potential therapeutics in testicular torsion

1 September 2014 | | Paediatric Urology, Trauma and Emergency Urology | testicular torsion, orchiectomy, orchiopexy, fertility

This review article is worthy of reading in its entirety. It addresses current concepts in the management of one of the few paediatric urological emergencies. For every 100,000 males <25 years, 4.5 will have testicular torsion per year. Given that...