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The role of ultrasound imaging in adult patients with testicular torsion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- A cost-effective ultrasound model for demonstrating the whirlpool sign in testicular torsion.Journal of the colleges of medicine of South Africa · 2025Article
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- A novel nomogram to predict testicular torsion in children with acute scrotal pain: a single-center retrospective study in western China.Translational andrology and urology · 2024Article
- Non-invasive evaluation of testicular torsion using ultrasound shear wave elastography: an experimental study.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Article
- Visualizing the early-stage testicular torsion by dual-modal photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging.Photoacoustics · 2023Article
- Outcomes of Surgical Exploration of Acute Scrotal Pain Raising Suspicion of Testicular Torsion.Cureus · 2023Article
- Color doppler ultrasound for diagnosis of testicular carcinoma: A comparison with gold standard histopathology.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Microvascular imaging ultrasound (MicroV) and power Doppler vascularization analysis in a pediatric population with early scrotal pain onset.Japanese journal of radiology · 2022Article
- Testicular torsion in adults: Demographics and 30-day outcomes after orchiopexy or orchiectomy.Current urology · 2021Article
- Acute scrotal pain in pediatric patients: diagnosis with an innovative Doppler technique (MicroV).Emergency radiology · 2021Article
- Retrospective review of patients with testicular torsion in a University Hospital in Bahrain.Urology annalsArticle
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Abstract
purposeOur aim was to determine the accuracy of ultrasound (US) examination-based testicular torsion diagnosis in adult patients with acute scrotal pain.
methodsA comprehensive electronic search was performed using internet retrieval systems up to 5 August 2018 in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The quality of eligible studies was assessed using Quality Assessment for Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy (QUADAS-2). The diagnostic value of ultrasound in patients with testicular torsion was evaluated using pooled estimates of sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratio, and diagnostic odds ratio, as well as the summary receiver operating characteristics curve.
resultsTwenty-six studies with 2116 patients were included in the study. Overall diagnostic sensitivity was 0.86 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.79-0.91] and specificity was 0.95 (95% CI: 0.92-0.97). Subgroup analysis of prospective studies showed pooled sensitivity of ultrasound for testicular torsion was 0.94 (95% CI 0.83-0.98), and pooled specificity was 0.98 (95% CI 0.94-1.00). Recent studies after 2010 showed diagnostic sensitivity of 0.95 (95% CI 0.84-0.99) and specificity of 0.98 (95% CI 0.93-0.99).
conclusionsThis meta-analysis demonstrated that ultrasound represents an effective imaging modality for diagnosing testicular torsion in adult patients with acute scrotal pain.
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