P12 Management of acute epididymo-orchitis: ad hoc or evidence based?
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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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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1368-4973,1472-3263
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052126.56