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The gubernaculum in testicular descent and cryptorchidism
John M Hutson1, Yasunari Sasaki, Jenny Huynh
1FD Stephens Surgical Research Laboratory, University of Melbourne, Australia. John.hutson@rch.org.au
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
|October 27, 2004
Abstract:
The gubernaculum plays an essential role in the complex mechanism of testicular descent and inguinal hernia closure. Understanding this complex developmental process is gradually allowing us insight into how to regulate normal descent and also treat maldescended testes.