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LAPAROSCOPIC ASSESSMENT AND ORCHIDECTOMY FOR THE UNDESCENDED TESTIS
Author(s) -
Pan B. S. A.,
Ooi L. L. P. J.,
Mack P. O. P.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02156.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopy , modalities , treatment modality , general surgery , surgery , gynecology , social science , sociology
Cryptorchidism is the most common disorder of male sexual differentiation. Pre‐operative assessment and localization of undescended testes by various investigatory modalities have been of limited clinical value. The recent use of diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy for undescended testis peri‐operatively has been shown to be safe and informative in the planning of appropriate surgical management. The authors' initial experience with this procedure, for five patients with unilateral undescended testis, is presented.