Season 1 · Episode 8
Acute Scrotum Pain Management (S1:E8)
Charting Pediatrics · Jessie Cohen
September 19, 201718m 41s
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Show Notes
In this episode, Duncan Wilcox, MD, talks about acute scrotum management. The conversation includes the most common indications of acute scrotum and how to differentiate an incarcerated hernia and a hydroceles scrotal trauma.
Dr. Wilcox is the Chair of Pediatric Urology and Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Colorado. He is also a professor of surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
In this episode:
- The most common indications of acute scrotum
- The role trauma plays in acute scrotum
- How to treat testicular torsion and urgent treatment
- Differentiating an incarcerated hernia and a hydroceles scrotal trauma
- Why an incarcerated hernia needs to be treated rapidly
- The three groups of acute scrotum patients
- Long-term outcome for patients living with one testicle