Those twisted testicles can be a real problem

John Starks has Twisted Testicle Removed
It was too good to pass up.

Starks had surgery Tuesday and was hospitalized overnight for a condition called testicular torsion, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Allred refused to confirm the report, saying only that Starks' aliment wasn't basketball-related. The team issued a news release Tuesday saying Starks "successfully underwent a minor medical procedure."


Dr. Tony Middleton Jr., chief of urology at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, said torsion occurs when a testicle becomes twisted 360 degrees and its blood supply is cut off.


Patients complain of swelling and extreme pain in the testicle. Prompt treatment, usually within four hours, is required. Sometimes doctors can untwist the testicle by hand, but surgery often is necessary.


"We'll open up and untwist the testicle, then give it a few minutes to see if that restores the blood supply. It will pink up," Middleton said. "More often than not, the testicle remains dark and that indicates the tissue has died."


In that case, the testicle must be removed because gangrene can set in.

Maybe he is in T-Mac's 5%.

Edit: Just noticed this is from the 2001 playoffs, for some reason ESPN's headline's are all from those 2001 playoffs, just retyped the link and I got normal stuff. Weird

ESPN's NBA section has moved a couple of times. If you type in the old URLs, you can access the old sites complete with old content.

I didn't even type in an old link yesterday and the main ESPN NBA page showed up as the 2001 playoffs. One of the stories was about how Scottie Pippen said Kobe was "trying to be like Mike" after Kobe played through some apparent injury. Kobe replied with "I respect Scottie, he has 6 rings."

Perhaps an error redirected you to the old site. I know you can still access the site that has content through the early stages of the 2001 playoffs.

Yeah, that's all the stuff from the 2001 playoffs. I remember the Jazz playing the Mavs in the first round and how Starks was going to have "minor" surgery and miss a game or two.

swelling and extreme pain

Sometimes doctors can untwist the testicle by hand

this is ridiculous to have some twisted testicles removed.