Keywords:
Abdomen, Genital / Reproductive system male, Pelvis, Ultrasound, Ultrasound-Colour Doppler, Outcomes analysis, Quality assurance
Authors:
D. Luong, S. Lock, D. Chua, J. Coucher
DOI:
10.26044/ranzcr2023/C-62
Methods and materials
Ethical and Institutional approval was obtained (HREC: EX/2022/QWMS/91314) for this single-centre retrospective study, which involved 200 consecutive anonymized patients that underwent scrotal ultrasound between 1st January 2022 and 31st October 2022 at a Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. All adult patients who underwent a scrotal ultrasound in the emergency department for suspected testicular torsion were included. Paediatric patients, other referral reasons and non-ED sources were excluded. De-identified data was extracted via the electronic medical record including referral source, referral reason, whether a surgical consultation was made prior to ultrasound referral, report findings, and clinical course. The database and results were created using Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Corporation 2011, Washington, USA) and presented in textual and graphical format.