Tunica Albuginea Decompression Fails to Alter the Injury of Prolonged Arterial Occlusion During Testicular Torsion

Abstract

Purpose: The correlation between intratesticular pressure during torsion/detorsion and subsequent testicular function and viability has been reported in several recent studies. We assessed the impact of tunica albuginea incision with tunica vaginalis flap coverage on intratesticular pressure and future histopathological parameters in a rat testicular torsion model.