TESTICULAR TORSION

Course overview

SCROTAL COMPLAINTS ARE RELATIVELY COMMON BOTH IN PRIMARY CARE AND IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND COMPRISE AT LEAST 0.5 PERCENT OF ALL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. TESTICULAR TORSION IS A TRUE UROLOGIC EMERGENCY, AND EARLY IDENTIFICATION IS CRITICAL TO PREVENT THE NEED FOR TESTICULAR AMPUTATION. ULTRASOUND IS THE IDEAL IMAGING MODALITY TO EVALUATE THE SCROTAL CONTENTS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL REVIEW THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF TESTICULAR TORSION, THE COMMON PRESENTING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, AND THE TREATMENT APPROACH ACCORDING TO CURRENT EVIDENCE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN RECOGNIZING AND TREATING TESTICULAR TORSION.