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We aimed to evaluate the performance of scrotal US in diagnosing testicular torsion over the past 18 years in our institution and determine the factors contributing to the length of wait times for it.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective review was conducted of boys who presented with acute scrotal pain from 2014 to 2015. US reports, operative findings, final diagnosis and key time points of the patients\u2019 journey (time to emergency department consultation, time to admission, time to US and time to operating theatre [OT]) were collected. US performance results were compared with those observed in a historical cohort from 1998 to 2004. Wait times were compared between operated and non-operated patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Data from 519 boys with a mean age of 9.15 years was collected. Of these, 438 (84.4%) boys had undergone initial scrotal US; of these scrotal US cases, 28 were surgically explored, with 23 confirmed to have torsion. Another five cases were explored without prior US, and all were confirmed to have torsion. Performance analysis of US showed a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 98.8%. There was no significant difference between wait times of operated and non-operated patients. Time to US (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001, r = 0.96) and time to OT (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001, r = 0.64) correlated significantly with the total time from presentation to surgery.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There has been an improvement in the diagnostic performance of scrotal US for testicular torsion over the past 18 years. Quality improvement programmes targeted at reducing wait times for patients presenting with acute scrotum should target time to US and time to OT.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.11622\/smedj.2022032","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,24]],"date-time":"2022-02-24T03:03:10Z","timestamp":1645671790000},"page":"249-254","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Management of acute testicular pain in children: changing trends with improvements in scrotal ultrasonography over 18 years"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"64","author":[{"given":"Lin","family":"Kyaw","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Candy Suet Cheng","family":"Choo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Paediatric Surgery, KK Women\u2019s and 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