A challenging case of surgical management of a single ischemic testicle from severe epididymo-orchitis

Abstract

A 41 years-old male patient presented acutely with severe right testicular pain, and fever for 48 hours. Patient had a backround of previous left orchidectomy for epididymo-orchitis and sexually-transmitted disease. A clinical diagnosis of right epididymo-orchitis was made and patient was treated with intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotic. However subsequent ultrasound revealed imminent testicular ischaemia. Given the challenging nature of the case, i.e. single testicle with testicular ischaemia, surgical exploration, fasciotomy and tunica vaginalis grafting was performed to the patient. The patient recovered fully post-operatively with ultrasound proving restoration of end-diastolic flow to the testicle.

Keywords

• Tunica vaginalis graft
• Testicular ischaemia
• Operative