Complicated testicular torsion in a child

• Main Authors: V. I. Morozov, M. S. Pospelov, N. Z. Amerkhanov, L. K. Kutluyulova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Ltd. “The National Academy of Pediatric Science and Innovation” 2020-11-01
• Series: Rossijskij Vestnik Perinatologii i Pediatrii
• Subjects: children; adolescents; testicular atrophy; eventration; antisperm antibodies; treatment tactics
• Online Access: https://www.ped-perinatology.ru/jour/article/view/1264

Objective. To demonstrate the possible outcome and complications of testicular torsion, the importance of timely and correct choice of treatment tactics, as well as the functional long-term results of treatment.The article describes a clinical case of complicated testicular torsion in a 14-year-old teenager with postoperative complications such as suppuration, postoperative wound failure, and partial testicular eventration, as well as treatment tactics and postoperative course of the patient. As a result of the treatment, the patient was discharged from the hospital in satisfactory condition.Conclusion. Testicular torsion is urgent disease that requires emergency surgical treatment. Acute circulatory disorders in this pathology cause significant morphological changes in the testis, resulting to the development of destructive complications, loss of organ function, and in the long term — reproductive disfunction. Even a questionable diagnosis of testicular torsion requires urgent surgery — scrototomy, revision of the testicle.