Testicular torsion in the medicolegal perspective: Why is the diagnosis missing?

Tasci, Ali; Danacioglu, Yavuz; Colakoglu, Yunus; Arikan, Yusuf; Yalcinkaya, Nur; Buyuk, YALÇIN

doi:10.14744/tjtes.2020.68339

Testicular torsion in the medicolegal perspective: Why is the diagnosis missing?

Tasci A. I., Danacioglu Y. O., Colakoglu Y., Arikan Y., Yalcinkaya N., Buyuk Y.

ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY, cilt.27, sa.2, ss.207-213, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2021
Doi Numarası: 10.14744/tjtes.2020.68339
Dergi Adı: ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.207-213
Anahtar Kelimeler: Acute scrotum, malpractice, medicolegal, misdiagnosis, testicular torsion
İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Hayır

Özet

BACKGROUND: By examining patients with testicular torsion (TT) that caused problems in medicolegal terms, the present study aims to define markers causing medical neglect or malpractice in similar conditions and perform a retrospective examination to characterize the medical aspects of patients with TT.