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ReviewTranslational andrology and urology2017

Chronic scrotal pain and microsurgical spermatic cord denervation: tricks of the trade.

Alex Tatem, Jason R Kovac

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Review in Translational andrology and urology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Outcomes following inguinal and subinguinal urologic procedures under deep intravenous sedation.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2024
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  3. Review
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  6. Canadian Urological Association best practice report on chronic scrotal pain.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2018
    Article
  7. What Can We Do for Chronic Scrotal Content Pain?The world journal of men's health · 2017
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alex TatemDepartment of Urology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Jason R KovacMen's Health Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Every practicing urologist encounters patients complaining of chronic scrotal content pain (CSCP). This condition can be equally frustrating for both patients and clinicians as there are no clear treatment guidelines, or pathways, for urologists to follow. As a result, most patients typically seek out multiple providers without improvements in their symptoms. Fortunately, microsurgical spermatic cord denervation (MSCD) is becoming an accepted, reliable and reproducible technique for definitively addressing CSCP in select patients. This manuscript reviews the background, effectiveness and current practice guidelines for scrotal pain in general, and MSCD in particular. Technical insights into how this technique can be performed both safely, and efficaciously, are provided. Finally, the manuscript presents a simple, yet detailed, easy to follow treatment algorithm to aid all urologists in the management of patients presenting with chronic pain.

Indexed as

cord denervationmedical therapyScrotal pain

Identifiers

PMID28725615
PMCPMC5503921
OpenAlexW2617911607

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