Elastography in Boys With Epididymo-orchitis

NCT ID: NCT03969979

Last Updated: 2020-02-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

45 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-20

Study Completion Date

2020-06-20

Brief Summary

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The patients treated in our clinic for epididymoorchitis will be given scrotal shear wave elastography by the Department of Radiology and affected testis will be compared to non affected testis radiologically. Shear wave elastography is a method of ultrasonography, which allows the focused ultrasonographic wave to be directed to the selected tissue to produce deformation of the tissue and to obtain the numerical data on the tissue elasticity by measuring the speed of the wave when the tissue is recovered. The higher the wave velocity, the lower the elasticity of the tissue.

The data to be obtained by this method will be compared statistically.

Detailed Description

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Epididymo-orchitis is an inflammatory disease of the epididymis and / or testis. The clinical picture is manifested by sudden onset testicular pain and swelling. The differential diagnosis of testicular torsion should be made in the pediatric age group. While urgent surgery is required in testicular torsion, treatment with epididymo-orchitis consists of antiinflammatory and cold application. Scrotal ultrasonography is used in the differential diagnosis and epididymo-orchitis is diagnosed in epididymis.

The scrotal ultrasound for the control after the patient's symptoms have regressed gives an idea about the course of the inflammatory process. In recent years, the introduction of elastography, which is an advanced ultrasound technique, has begun to suggest the evaluation of the elasticity of testis and epididymis in various scrotal diseases.

In epididymo-orchitis, a disease that is known with inflammation of the testicular parenchyma, a study evaluating whether there is a permanent change in the testicular parenchyma after inflammation has regressed is not yet available in the English literature. In this study, it is planned to evaluate the pediatric patients from this perspective and contribute to the literature with the results to be obtained.

Conditions

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Epididymo-orchitis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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testis with epididymo-orchitis

The patients' previously inflamed testis with epididymo-orchitis

Shear wave elastography

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

shear wave elastogrophy will be performed

healthy testis

The patients' non inflamed testis

Shear wave elastography

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

shear wave elastogrophy will be performed

Interventions

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Shear wave elastography

shear wave elastogrophy will be performed

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* To be followed-up and treated in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Trakya University due to epidididymo-orchitis. (Inpatient and / or outpatient clinic)
* 18 years old or younger
* Approval by the legal guardian

Exclusion Criteria

* Bilateral epididymo-orchitis
* Testicular pathology other than epididymo-orchitis (undescended testis, testicular torsion)
* Scrotal surgery (due to epididymoorchitis or not)
* Older than 18 years old
Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Trakya University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Irem Inanc

Resident Doctor, Trakya University Pediatric Surgery Department

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Trakya University Faculty of Medicine

Edirne, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Irem Inanc, MD

Role: CONTACT

+902842357641 ext. 2950

Umit Nusret Basaran, Profesor, MD

Role: CONTACT

+902842357641 ext. 4912

Facility Contacts

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Irem Inanc, MD

Role: primary

+905436204929

Other Identifiers

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ccer epididimoorsit

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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