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Acute epididymo-orchitis: staging and treatment
INTRODUCTION Acute epididymo-orchitis (AEO) is an acute inflammatory disease of the epididymis and ipsilateral testis. Treatment should be started immediately after diagnosis and includes antibiotics, analgesics, and, if necessary, surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS After AEO diagnosis, patients were treated conservatively with analgesics and antibiotics. If no clinical improvement was observed w...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1870
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)54203-3