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ReviewKorean journal of urology2015

Scrotal pain: evaluation and management.

Chirag G Gordhan, Hossein Sadeghi-Nejad

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Review in Korean journal of urology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Idiopathic scrotal hematoma in a neonate.German medical science : GMS e-journal · 2021
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  17. Incremental Role ofNuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Chirag G GordhanDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
Hossein Sadeghi-NejadDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA. ; Center for Male Reproductive Medicine & Microsurgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scrotal pain is a common complaint in a urological practice. Its diagnosis can prove challenging in both acute and chronic forms and requires a thorough and complete history and physical examination. This article discusses the evaluation and management of several entities of scrotal pain, including testicular torsion, epididymitis, postvasectomy pain, varicocele, and chronic orchialgia.

Indexed as

Pain ManagementScrotumDiagnosis, DifferentialEpididymitisHumansMalePainPhysical ExaminationPostoperative PainSpermatic Cord TorsionTestisVaricoceleVasectomyPainPain managementPhysical examination, Scrotum

Identifiers

PMID25598931
PMCPMC4294852

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