Introduction
COVID-19 pandemic which outbroke in December 2019 has caused disruption of both emergency and routine urological healthcare services around the world 1,2. Through this period of worldwide health crisis, urologists have adapted by trying to take protective measures while striving not to interrupt their practice 3. In our country, first COVID-19 case has been reported on 11th of March, 2020 and since then; the daily workload of urologists has dramatically dropped. Although this decrease, nondeferrable emergent interventions were prioritized and continued4.
Testicular torsion is an acute urgent scrotal pathology in which time is of great importance in preserving the testis. Testis, being an end-organ, is vulnerable to ischemia and the time of ischemia is directly proportional with the risk of testicular atrophy and dysfunction 5. Early admission is a critical factor to prevent these negative outcomes which leads to organ loss. Management of testicular torsion is a race against time even if in normal conditions. In this extraordinary COVID-19 pandemic which affects every aspect of clinical practice, approach to cases with testicular torsion becomes even more crucial.
The aim of our study is to evaluate the admission times, our approach and orchiectomy rates of patients diagnosed with testicular torsion during COVID-19 pandemic in our tertiary referral educational urology clinic.