Natural course of undescended testes after inguinoscrotal surgery

Annebeth Meij-deVries; Laszla M. van der Voort; Karlijn Sijstermans; Robert W. Meijer; Evelyn M. van der Plas; Wilfried W. M. Hack

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.06.016

Natural course of undescended testes after inguinoscrotal surgery

Annebeth Meij-deVries, Laszla M. van der Voort, Karlijn Sijstermans, Robert W. Meijer, Evelyn M. van der Plas, Wilfried W. M. Hack

Amsterdam UMC

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Abstract

The purpose of the study is to study the natural course of undescended testes after inguinoscrotal surgery. From 2003-2010, 24 boys were observed with 26 undescended testes after inguinoscrotal surgery; 12 had previously undergone inguinal hernia repair and 12 orchidopexy. Spontaneous descent was awaited and (re-)orchidopexy would only be performed in case of non-descent at puberty. The boys were assessed annually for testis position and for testis volume as measured by ultrasound. At the end of the study period, 19 testes had reached scrotal position; of these, 13 (68%) had descended spontaneously and 6 (32%) had been (re-)orchidopexied. No difference was found in the rate of spontaneous descent after previous orchidopexy or inguinal hernia repair (P=0.419). Spontaneous descent of undescended testes after inguinoscrotal surgery occurs regularly. In this study, it was observed in two out of every three cases

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2540-2544
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume	48
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.06.016
Publication status	Published - 2013

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