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Furthermore, during the clinical management of the polytrauma, the main focus was on active arterial bleeding, multiple pelvic fractures and clinical investigation of the integrity of the lower urinary tract. Therefore, the diagnosis and surgical management of the testicular dislocation were delayed.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>The patient underwent abdominal-inguinal surgical exploration, haematoma evacuation, identification of the right testis and right orchidopexy.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>After 6 months, the right testis of the patient is of regular volume, consistency and physiologic echogenicity on ultrasound evaluation.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Hormonal evaluation and semen analysis were normal after 3 months.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/bcr-2022-254530","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,26]],"date-time":"2023-09-26T13:05:22Z","timestamp":1695733522000},"page":"e254530","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Traumatic testicular dislocation in the abdomen: diagnosis and management"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8703-5975","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gaia","family":"Colalillo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simone","family":"Pletto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Facolt\u00e0 di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6094-6330","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mario","family":"Laudazi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anastasios D","family":"Asimakopoulos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fondazione PTV Policlinico Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"89","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijscr.2016.05.059","article-title":"Case report: traumatic unilateral Testicular rupture","volume":"25","author":"Bauer","year":"2016","journal-title":"International Journal of Surgery Case Reports"},{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.2","first-page":"325","article-title":"Observations sur une R\u00e9trocession Subite des deux Testicules Dans L'Abdomen, a La suite D'Une Violente compression de la Partie Inf\u00e9rieure Dela Paroi Abdominale par une Roue de Charrette","volume":"64","author":"Claubry","year":"1818","journal-title":"J G\u00e9n M\u00e9d Chir Pharm"},{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eucr.2014.02.004","article-title":"Trauma and reconstruction Testicular dislocation after Scrotal trauma: A case report and brief literature review","volume":"2","author":"Zavras","year":"2014","journal-title":"Urology Case Reports"},{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1009","DOI":"10.1097\/01.TA.0000055220.78753.25","article-title":"Traumatic bilateral Testicular dislocation","volume":"54","author":"Bromberg","year":"2003","journal-title":"J Trauma"},{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.5","first-page":"17","article-title":"Traumatic ectopic dislocation of Testis","volume":"1","author":"Perera","year":"2011","journal-title":"Case Reports J Clin Imaging Sci"},{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.6","first-page":"310","article-title":"Dislocation of Testis","volume":"49","author":"Alyea","year":"1929","journal-title":"Surg Gynecol Obstet"},{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.7","article-title":"Bilateral traumatic Testicular dislocation","volume":"2018","author":"de Carvalho","year":"2018","journal-title":"Case Rep Urol"},{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/TA.0b013e318156867f"},{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2008","DOI":"10.21037\/qims.2019.11.11","article-title":"Traumatic ectopic dislocation of Testis: an easily overlooked occurrence of blunt injury in Polytrauma patients","volume":"9","author":"Lenfant","year":"2019","journal-title":"Quant Imaging Med Surg"},{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"158","DOI":"10.1016\/j.urols.2014.04.001","article-title":"Traumatic Testicular dislocation: A rare occurrence of blunt Scrotal injury","volume":"25","author":"Tai","year":"2014","journal-title":"Urological Science"},{"key":"2025082713252687000_16.9.e254530.11","unstructured":"EAU guidelines. n.d. 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