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Key articles
National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death. Testicular torsion. Feb 2024 [internet publication].Full text
Royal College of Surgeons of England. Commissioning guide topics: management of paediatric torsion. Oct 2016 [internet publication].Full text
European Association of Urology. Paediatric urology. Apr 2024 [internet publication].Full text
Expert Panel on Urological Imaging, Gerena M, Allen BC, et al. ACR appropriateness criteria® acute onset of scrotal pain-without trauma, without antecedent mass: 2024 update. J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 Nov;21(11s):S364-71.Full text Abstract
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