[Acute scrotum without technology]

The highly developed diagnostic technologies of our time applied to acute scrotum is not readily available in many of our hospitals. With the purpose of evaluating our results in the diagnosis and treatment of this nosologic entity, and to compare them with those reported by other hospitals where modern technologies are being used, our group revised all patients referring this condition who were given emergency treatment by the urologist on call during the first 100 months of our unit. An analysis is made of the etiology, patient's age, disease location, time of evolution, diagnosis, treatment received and final outcome. The epidemiological data obtained is similar to other series published, except for the hydatid torsion, which was more frequent than previously reported. In cord's torsion, a similar background should be considered a poor prognostic factor. In summary, the left testicle is more exposed to the various acute scrotal diseases. Surgery is an attractive option for hydatid torsion. Finally, an earlier intervention in the event of suspicious cord torsion remains the most important factor in the prognosis. Our results, using no state-of-the-art diagnostic technologies, are similar to other series and we see no trend towards unnecessary surgical examination.