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Laparoscopic orchiopexy of palpable undescended testes_ experience of a single tertiary institution with over 773 cases

BMC Pediatrics Mar 20, 2020

You J, et al. - This study was conducted to investigate the utility of laparoscopic orchiopexy in the treatment of inguinal palpable undescended testes. Incusion criteria were the preoperative evaluation and color Doppler ultrasound examination confirmed that the testes were located in the inguinal canal and could not be pulled into the scrotum, except for retractive and ectopic testes. Researchers included 773 individuals with 869 inguinal undescended palpable testes, 218 cases on the left side, 459 cases on the right side and 96 cases with bilateral undescended testes, whose age ranged from 6 months to 8 years, with an average of 20 months. Laparoscopic orchiopexy manage inguinal palpable cryptorchidism was found to be safe and effective, and there are obvious minimally invasive benefits. Moreover, It could detect a contralateral patent processus vaginalis, and treat at the same time, which avoid the occurrence of metachronous inguinal hernia.

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