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06-07-2010, 01:44 PM
Sack Tapping: Dangerous Game Hits Boys Where it Hurts (http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100607/sc_livescience/sacktappingdangerousgamehitsboyswhereithurts)
In what urologists say is a growing phenomenon, adolescent boys are playing a game called sack tapping, in which the sole purpose is to strike someone in the testicles. The practice became national news after one victim, 14-year-old David Gibbons of Crosby, Minn., had to have his right testicle amputated from being sack tapped in the hallway between classes.
"They're not particularly hardy organs," said Dr. Steve Hodges, assistant professor of pediatric urology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. "It doesn't take much force to compress them and cause rupture."
Once that occurs, Hodges said, it takes only a few hours before the injury is irreparable and the testicle has to be removed. The same goes for more common injuries, such as twisting of the cord from which the testicle hangs.
In what urologists say is a growing phenomenon, adolescent boys are playing a game called sack tapping, in which the sole purpose is to strike someone in the testicles. The practice became national news after one victim, 14-year-old David Gibbons of Crosby, Minn., had to have his right testicle amputated from being sack tapped in the hallway between classes.
"They're not particularly hardy organs," said Dr. Steve Hodges, assistant professor of pediatric urology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. "It doesn't take much force to compress them and cause rupture."
Once that occurs, Hodges said, it takes only a few hours before the injury is irreparable and the testicle has to be removed. The same goes for more common injuries, such as twisting of the cord from which the testicle hangs.