Open AccessLAPAROSCOPIC ORCHIDOPEXY
Author(s) -
M. Mujeeb Zubair,
SULTAN MEHMOOD,
Sumaira Kanwal,
Riaz Hussain Dab
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2008.15.01.2721
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopy , presentation (obstetrics) , gold standard (test) , surgery , general surgery , stage (stratigraphy) , population , radiology , paleontology , environmental health , biology
Design Case series. Setting: Pediatric surgical department of B V Hospital(QAMC) Bahawalpur and Allied Hospital Faisalabad. Period: From April 2005 to Mar 2007. Material & Methods:Cryptorchidism is most frequent presentation in pediatric population. Laparoscopy has become “Gold Standard” in thediagnosis and therapy of nonpalpable undescended testis. We present our two year experience in the managementof 40 cases at two centers. The age of the patients ranged from 9 months to 12 years. Laparoscopy was done tolocalize the testis prior to surgery. Thirty four patients underwent one stage laparoscopic orchidopexy, 7 patients hadopen orchidopexy and 3 needed two stage Fowler-Stephen orchiodopexy. Laparoscopy is a valuable tool in bothdiagnosis and treatment of nonpalpable testis.