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Table 1 Previous studies about tunica albuginea incision with flap coverage

Ref.	Type of surgery	n	Age (yr)	Ischemic time (hr)	Duration of pain		Follow-up period (mo)	Salvage or viability rate (%)
					Duration (hr)	n
Figueroa et al[5]	Detorsion + orchiopexy	31	11.8 ± 4.08 (mean)	13.4 (mean)	-	-	6.3 (mean)	62.5
	TAI + TVFC	11	10.1 ± 4.83	31.2	-	-	7.9	54.6
	Detorsion + orchiectomy	17	10.1 ± 5.16	67.5	-	-	8.4	-
Nagasawa et al[15]	Orchiopexy	7	14 (median)	5	-	-	3	100
	TVF	5	13	8	-	-		60
	Orchiectomy	3	18	24	-	-		-
Chu et al[16]	Septopexy alone	97	15 (13-16) (median)	7 (5-11) (median)	-	-	2.2 (1.4-3.8) (median)	95
	TAI + TVFC	36	14 (13-15)	11 (6-26)	-	-	4.5 (2.1-12.5)	86
	Orchiectomy	49	14 (13-14)	51 (29-72)	-	-	2.6 (1.2-5.2)	-
Elifranji et al[2]	Orchiopexy	5	3 to 17	-	< 6	4	-	100
				-	7-12	1	-
				-	> 12	0	-
	Orchio-septopexy	11		-	< 6	0	9.5 (mean)	54.5
				-	7-12	6
				-	> 12	5
	Orchiectomy	5		-	< 6	0	-	-
				-	7-12	0	-	-
				-	> 12	5	-	-

TAI: Tunica albuginea incision; TVFC: Tunica vaginalis flap coverage; TVF: Tunica vaginalis flap.