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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017

Medical perspective in testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Salvatore Arena, Roberta Iacona, Pietro Antonuccio, Tiziana Russo, Vincenzo Salvo, Eloisa Gitto, Pietro Impellizzeri, Carmelo Romeo

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Eucalyptol attenuates testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2025
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  12. Samarcandin protects against testicular ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats via activation of Nrf2/HO-1-mediated antioxidant responses.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023
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  14. Testicular torsions in veterinary medicine.Veterinary research communications · 2022
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  20. Testicular Torsion and Spermatogenesis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Salvatore ArenaDepartment of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age 'Gaetano Barresi', Unit of Paediatric Surgery, University of Messina, I-98125 Messina, Italy.
Roberta IaconaDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Pietro AntonuccioDepartment of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age 'Gaetano Barresi', Unit of Paediatric Surgery, University of Messina, I-98125 Messina, Italy.
Tiziana RussoDepartment of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age 'Gaetano Barresi', Unit of Paediatric Surgery, University of Messina, I-98125 Messina, Italy.
Vincenzo SalvoDepartment of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age 'Gaetano Barresi', Neonatal and Intensive Care Unit, University of Messina, I-98125 Messina, Italy.
Eloisa GittoDepartment of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age 'Gaetano Barresi', Neonatal and Intensive Care Unit, University of Messina, I-98125 Messina, Italy.
Pietro ImpellizzeriDepartment of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age 'Gaetano Barresi', Unit of Paediatric Surgery, University of Messina, I-98125 Messina, Italy.
Carmelo RomeoDepartment of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age 'Gaetano Barresi', Unit of Paediatric Surgery, University of Messina, I-98125 Messina, Italy.
University of Messina · ITIstituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini · ITUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular torsion or torsion of the spermatic cord is one of the most serious urological conditions. It causes testicular injury, which potentially leads to male subfertility. The turning of the spermatic cord and spermatic structures around themselves results in biochemical and histological changes; however, following testicular detorsion, tissues undergo reperfusion that causes more severe damage than that induced by ischemia. Since the primary causes of testicular damage are reactive oxygen species production, an increase in intra-mitochondrial calcium concentration and an increased rate of cellular apoptosis, different medications may potentially be effective. It seems that several medications, experimentally and sometimes clinically, serve an adjuvant role in the cellular damage that occurs following ischemia-reperfusion. Antioxidants, calcium channel blockers, phytotherapeutical medicinals, anaesthetics, hormones and platelet inhibitors may potentially create a solid basis for an adjuvant restoring therapy and ameliorate testicular function following torsion. The current study aimed to review the relevant literature and discuss the actions of a number of molecules that may protect the testes during ischemia/reperfusion injury.

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antioxidantscalcium channel blockerinteraction with neutrophilsischemia/reperfusion injurymodulators of inflammationphytotherapytesticular torsion

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PMID28565817
PMCPMC5443302
OpenAlexW2598678077

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