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ArticleClinical case reports2021

The limits of diagnosis of testicular torsion in the child: Medicolegal implications in clinical practice.

Isabella Aquila, Ludovico Abenavoli, Matteo Antonio Sacco, Pietrantonio Ricci

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Isabella AquilaInstitute of Legal Medicine Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro Catanzaro Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2481-6050
Ludovico AbenavoliDepartment of Health Sciences University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro Catanzaro Italy.
Matteo Antonio SaccoInstitute of Legal Medicine Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro Catanzaro Italy.
Pietrantonio RicciInstitute of Legal Medicine Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro Catanzaro Italy.
Magna Graecia University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular torsion is a pediatric urological emergency. We report a case of testicular torsion that occurred in a 10-year-old child. The case shows that it is a disease with risk of medicolegal litigation. We demonstrate the role of proper triage, and we analyze the limits and critical points for diagnosing it.

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acute scrotumecho color‐Dopplerpediatric emergencyspermatic cord torsion

Identifiers

PMID34938556
PMCPMC8659548
OpenAlexW4200587218

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