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Early diagnosis of testicular torsion in rats by measuring plasma d-dimer levels: comparative study with epididymitis.
J Pediatr Surg
April 2015
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sami Ulus Women's Health and Children Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Purpose: To evaluate the differential diagnosis of testicular torsion and acute epididymo-orchitis by measuring the acute increase in plasma d-dimer levels in an experimental rat model.
Methods: Thirty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 5 groups, 1--sham operated group (acute term; 4 hours), 2--early torsion group (acute term; 4 hours), 3--late torsion group (long-term; 72 hours), 4--control of epididymitis group (vehicle injected; 0.1 ml physiologic saline injected into the left ductus deferens) (long term; 72 hours), 5--epididymitis group (0.