Acute Scrotum Pain Management (S1:E8)

In this episode, Duncan Wilcox, MD, talks about acute scrotum management. The conversation includes the most common indications of acute scrotum and how to differentiate an incarcerated hernia and a hydroceles scrotal trauma. Dr. Wilcox is the Chair of Pediatric Urology and Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Colorado. He is also a professor of surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. In this episode: The most common indications of acute scrotum The role trauma plays in acute scrotum How to treat testicular torsion and urgent treatment Differentiating an incarcerated hernia and a hydroceles scrotal trauma Why an incarcerated hernia needs to be treated rapidly The three groups of acute scrotum patients Long-term outcome for patients living with one testicle