Chronic Testicular Pain: Etiology, Diagnostic Pathways, and Treatments — A Scoping Review Protocol

To characterize the available evidence on (1) commonly reported etiologies, (2) diagnostic pathways and investigations, and (3) current treatments for chronic orchialgia/chronic testicular pain in adult men in urological care reported in randomized clinical trials and Updated Guidelines and Consensus errata 05th/feb/2026 update of search strategy Current EMBASE Search strategy ('orchialgia'/exp OR 'orchialgia' OR 'scrotal pain'/exp OR 'scrotal pain' OR 'testicular pain'/exp OR 'testicular pain' OR 'testis pain'/exp OR 'testis pain') AND english:la AND ([cochrane review]/lim OR [controlled clinical trial]/lim OR [systematic review]/lim OR [randomized controlled trial]/lim OR [meta analysis]/lim) AND [