The following are the most important diseases or complications that can be caused by testicular torsion (testicular torsion):
Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract-genital organs) (N00-N99).
- Testicular atrophy (abnormally reduced testis).
- Reduced sperm quality after unilateral (one-sided) testicular torsion in adolescence (phase of life marking the transition from childhood to adulthood); endocrine (hormone) function is unaffected
- Loss of the testis
Prognostic factors
- Reliable predictors of testicular atrophy (when contralateral testes are compared) are:
- Pain > 12 hours
- Heterogeneity of the testicular parenchyma (testicular tissue) determined sonographically preoperatively.
- Redness of the scrotum (scrotum).
