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With these societal changes came a notable reduction in emergency department attendance. Our aim was to analyse emergency urological procedures performed during the COVID-19 era versus the previous year.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A retrospective review of theatre logbooks was undertaken comparing numbers of emergency urological procedures performed between 1 March 2020 and 31 May 2020 (i.e. the COVID-19 era) with the corresponding 3-month period in 2019.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 173 cases were analysed between the two time periods. Similar overall numbers of cases were performed in 2019 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200990) and 2020 (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200983). In particular, similar patient case numbers are also noted in both scrotal explorations (13 vs 9) and ureteric stone surgeries (69 vs 70). However, orchidectomies for testicular cancers were reduced by 63% (3\/8). On further analysis of the scrotal exploration group, only 3 were performed in the period after lockdown regulations were instated.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Whilst patients with ureteric colic continue to present, those with acute testis pain requiring exploration attended less frequently, raising the possibility of undiagnosed testicular torsion in the community.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s11845-021-02803-z","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,19]],"date-time":"2021-10-19T04:24:05Z","timestamp":1634617445000},"page":"2423-2426","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Where are the paediatric patients with testicular torsion during the COVID-19 pandemic?"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"191","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5863-4944","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sarah Marie","family":"Norton","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shane","family":"Considine","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Catherine","family":"Dowling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Frank","family":"D\u2019Arcy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"2803_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lazzerini M, Barbi E, Apicella A et al (2020) Delayed access or provision of care in Italy resulting from fear of COVID-19. 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