Testicular torsion emergency management — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Benign prostatic hyperplasia may be treated with surgical resection, with the gold standard being the _____ procedure

Answer: TURP

Flashcard 2: _____ occurs due to twisting of the spermatic cord over thin-walled veins of the scrotum

Answer: Testicular torsion

Flashcard 3: A _____ presents with a "popping/snap" sound during sexual intercourse; resulting in penile pain, swelling, and ecchymosis

Answer: penile fracture

Flashcard 4: Testicular torsion may lead to infertility and thus is treated with urgent _____

Answer: surgery

Flashcard 5: varicocele

Answer: increased venous pressure leads to dilated veins in pampiniform plaxus

Extra: scrotal enlargement, "bag of worms" appearancevaricocelectomy, embolizationinfertility