Situation of Pediatric Patients with Testicular Torsion in Times of COVID-19

Table 1

Demographic data and clinical characteristics of the patients. Medians with 25−75th percentiles (interquartile range) were used to summarize the quantitative variables.

Parameters	2019 pre-COVID19	2020 inter-COVID19	value
	(n = 24)	(n = 20)
Age (years)	13.4 (3.9; 15.9)	14.5 (13.8; 15.3)	0.3227
Symptoms duration (hours)	6.50 (4.25; 22.00)	8.50 (3.25; 33.00)	0.8744
Area of living (urban/rural)	58%/42% (14/10)	80%/20% (16/4)	0.1244
Testicular torsion side (left/right)	71%/29% (17/7)	50%/50% (10/10)	0.1576
WBC (10^4 cells/μl)	10.33 (8.40; 11.90)	11.75 (6.85; 13.65)	0.8517
CRP (mg/l)	0.66 (0.30; 7.02)	0.60 (0.30; 2.86)	0.9943
Pain localization (testicular/+abdominal)	79%/21% (19/5)	70%/30% (14/6)	0.4884
Vomiting (yes/no)	21%/79% (5/19)	25%/75% (5/15)	0.7426
Fever (yes/no)	4%/96% (1/23)	0%/100% (0/20)	0.3558
Scrotal edema (yes/no)	38%/62% (9/15)	50%/50% (10/10)	0.4046
Scrotal erythema (yes/no)	21%/79% (5/19)	25%/75% (5/15)	0.7426