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The immediate salvage rate from torsion of the testis was 67 per cent. To try to improve diagnostic accuracy in these three conditions, a computer program was constructed using a data base derived from the literature. On retrospective analysis of the 495 patients, the program achieved a 92\u00b73 per cent accuracy in differentiating torsion from epididymitis. If the computer's diagnosis had been followed it would have reduced the exploration rate in epididymitis from 18 to 1\u00b78 per cent. It would further have increased the diagnostic accuracy of a junior doctor to that of a senior colleague, but the number of torsions \u2018missed\u2019 by the computer and senior doctor would have been similar. The technique is inexpensive, rapid, immediately available, non-invasive and easy to use. 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