Impalpable testis: testicular vessel division in treatment.
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Abstract
Between 1984 and 1989, 110 boys with 130 impalpable testes were investigated and treated. One hundred and six boys underwent laparoscopy. Twenty had bilateral impalpable testes and 13 had a palpable, but maldescended, testis on the other side. Forty-nine testes were absent and one atrophic testis was found in the scrotum. Twelve orchidectomies were performed. One child had a microvascular transfer procedure. The remaining 67 testes were treated by orchidopexy: 28 single-stage and 39 two-stage procedures. One of the single-stage and 29 of the two-stage orchidopexies included division of the testicular vessels. Twenty-three testes examined 12 or more months after staged testicular vessel division revealed a good result in 15.
Medical subject headings
- Cryptorchidism
- Testis