Fig. 6.
a, b, c, d, e Testicular ischemia after inguinal hernia repair. Longitudinal color-Doppler mode scans of testis (a, b, c) and the spermatic cord (d) show a focal low reflective necrotic area (star; a, b, c) into a diffuse avascularised testis and haemorrhagic infarction of the cord (arrows; d) after inguinal hernia repair. The operative exploration confirms the US finding and haemorrhagic infarction of the cord (arrows; e—case of dr. Antonio Brillantino)