Pitfalls
- Failure to recognise and treat testicular torsion in a timely manner can lead to irreversible damage.
- Failure to acknowledge that the presence or absence of a particular clinical feature still cannot exclude torsion.
- Failure to give prolonged courses of antibiotics in epididymo-orchitis can lead to incomplete treatment and lack of resolution.
- Failure to instigate correct microbiological investigations prior to antimicrobial therapy or to organise appropriate follow up (contact tracing) may result in delayed effective treatment.