Clinical Study
Spermatic Cord Knot: A Clinical Finding in Patients with Spermatic Cord Torsion
Table 1
Descriptive statistics of patients stratified by diagnosis.
| | Diagnosis | | Torsion,
(%)
46 (40) | Epididymorchitis,
(%)
32 (28) | Varicocele,
(%)
18 (16) | Hernia,
(%)
8 (7) | Unexplained pain,
(%)
10 (9) |
| | Age (yrs) | | | | | | | 4–16 | 18 (39) | 4 (13) | 6 (33) | 1 (13) | 3 (30) | | >16 | 28 (61) | 28 (87) | 12 (67) | 7 (87) | 7 (70) | | Duration of symptoms (hours) | | | | | | | 1 to 7 | 34 (74) | 3 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | >7 to 24 | 10 (22) | 5 (15) | 2 (11) | 1 (13) | 0 (0) | | >24 | 2 (4) | 24 (75) | 16 (81) | 7 (87) | 10 (0) | | Site | | | | | | | Right | 21 (46) | 16 (50) | 2 (11) | 5 (63) | 1 (10) | | Left | 25 (54) | 12 (38) | 10 (56) | 3 (37) | 6 (60) | | Bilateral | 0 | 4 (12) | 6 (33) | 0 (0) | 3 (30) | | Ultrasound used | 2 (4) | 32 (100) | 18 (100) | * | 10 (100) | | Positive clinical knot sign | 40 (87) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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: number of patients, * referred to general surgery.
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