{"pk":7445,"title":"Bedside Ultrasound in a Case of Blunt Scrotal Trauma","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This case study describes a patient who suffered blunt force trauma to the scrotum. Use of bedside emergency ultrasound facilitated early diagnosis of a ruptured testicle and allowed for prompt urological consultation and timely surgical repair. The utility of bedside emergency ultrasound in the evaluation of testicular trauma, as well as the outcome of our case, is discussed here. [West J Emerg Med 2013;14(2):127-129.]","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"ultrasound, scrotum, trauma, testicular trauma, testicular fracture, testicular rupture"},{"word":"Emergency Medicine"}],"section":"Technology at the Bedside","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/11n860vv","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Mark","middle_name":"","last_name":"Cannis","name_suffix":"","institution":"Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Department of\nEmergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Thomas","middle_name":"","last_name":"Mailhot","name_suffix":"","institution":"Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Department of\nEmergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Phillips","middle_name":"","last_name":"Perera","name_suffix":"","institution":"Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Department of\nEmergency Medicine, Los Angeles, California","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2012-05-13T10:29:15Z","date_accepted":"2012-05-13T10:29:15Z","date_published":"2013-01-24T21:28:36Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/7445/galley/4403/download/"}]}