Table 1 Patient characteristics, univariate analysis comparing testicular salvage (n = 74)
From: Predictive factors for orchiectomy in adult’s spermatic cord torsion: a case‐control study
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Orchiectomy n = 42 |
Orchidopexy n = 32 | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||
| [15-20] | 19 | 13 | 0.69 |
| [21-80] | 23 | 19 | |
| Previous medical management | |||
| Yes | 30 | 10 | <0.001 |
| No | 12 | 22 | |
| Mode of hospital admission | |||
| Direct | 07 | 11 | 0.08 |
| Referred | 35 | 21 | |
| Duration of symptoms (hours) | |||
| ≤ 6 | 05 | 12 | 0.009 |
| > 6 | 37 | 20 | |
| Scrotal ultrasonography | |||
| Yes | 26 | 09 | 0.004 |
| No | 16 | 23 | |
| Time to operating room (hours) | |||
| ≤ 2 | 12 | 15 | 0.06 |
| > 2 | 29 | 07 | |