In that case, the testicle must be removed because gangrene can set in. Starks was released from an undisclosed Salt Lake-area hospital Wednesday and was resting at home. There was a little concern today, not that there could be complications, but the feeling was that keeping him off his feet would be better for him. Allred said the procedure was unrelated to a previous overnight hospitalization for Starks, who checked into Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful on Sunday. Dr. Blake Hamilton, assistant professor of urology at the University of Utah's School of Medicine, said it's not unusual for torsion patients to return to work within a few days of the procedure.
Some people have a high pain threshold.
Some people have jobs that require them back, and some people work in factories where they might not want to return right away. The cause of torsion is unknown. It occurs more frequently in adolescent boys than in grown men. It has to do with anatomy, how the testicle is formed. For most patients, there are no long-term effects from surgery to treat testicular torsion.