Acute scrotal pain and Covid-19 in a busy acute hospital in the UK

6^th International Conference on UROLOGY AND RENAL HEALTH

May 04-05, 2023 | Zurich, Switzerland

Mohamed Ibrahim

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Clin Nephrol Res

Abstract :

Introduction: Published reports highlighted an association between recent COVID-19 infection and testicular pain and infertility. Aim: To assess the effect of the disease on our surgical practice & scrotal exploration. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical presentation and surgical outcomes of all patients with sudden onset acute testicular pain who presented to our acute hospital in the period between Jan 2018 till Jan 2022. Results: Total of 335 patients presented with acute scrotum required exploration between 2018-2022 and divided into 2 categories: [category 1] prior to the start of covid-19 pandemic and [category 2] after the pandemic “≥2020”. The analyses revealed a 13% increase in the number of presentations, though this was not statistically significant [P = 0.09] The sub-analysis of category 2 looked at the relationship of covid-19 status at the time of presentation with acute pain. This showed a significant correlation between covid-19 +ve status and pain with negative exploration [P = 0.0263].