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ArticleCase reports in emergency medicine2019

Testicular Rupture Following Blunt Scrotal Trauma.

Derek Blok, Matthew Flannigan, Jeffrey Jones

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Article in Case reports in emergency medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Testicular Rupture: The Other Nutcracker Syndrome.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2022
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Derek BlokSpectrum Health-Michigan State University Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5341-7182
Matthew FlanniganSpectrum Health-Michigan State University Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1903-6671
Jeffrey JonesSpectrum Health-Michigan State University Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6013-3831
Spectrum Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular rupture after blunt scrotal trauma is characterized by rupture of the tunica albuginea and extrusion of seminiferous tubules. This is a serious injury and appropriate evaluation and management are necessary both for symptom control, but also for preservation of the testicle. Clinical examination of the scrotum following trauma is difficult and may result in incorrect triage of patients for surgical exploration. This case study describes the assessment and management of blunt testicular trauma in an adolescent lacrosse player.

Identifiers

PMID31934468
PMCPMC6942712
OpenAlexW2996112319

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