How to Treat Chronic Idiopathic Testicular Pain? Scrotoscopy with a Novel Percutaneous Endoscopy Equipment

Table 1

The baseline data and perioperative outcomes when comparing “scrotoscopy group” with “open exploration group”.

Items	SG; (N=64)	OEG; (N=39)	P value; (2-sided/tailed)
Baseline data
Age (years)	42.3±8.4	41.6±6.9	0.06
Duration of pain (months)	8.3±2.7	7.7±1.9	0.09
Pain scores for preoperation	4.75±1.07	4.07±1.16	0.32
Perioperative data
Operation time (min)	43.6±4.7	51.5±9.0	<0.01
Blood loss	NA	15.7	NA
Length of incision (cm)	0.7±0.2	4.1±0.8	<0.01
Scrotal edema, n (%)
2 days postoperation	2 (3.1%)	3(7.7%)	<0.05
Scrotal hematoma, n (%)
during in hospital	0 (0%)	2 (5.1%)	NA
Testis /epididymis injury,; n (%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	NA
Hospitalization duration (d)	4.7±0.9	7.1±0.8	<0.01

SG: scrotoscopy group. OEG: open exploration group. NA: not available.