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Published on: October 25, 2024
Laparoscopic orchiopexy: short-term outcomes. Experience of a single centre
Federica Pederiva1, Edoardo Guida, Daniela Codrich
1Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy - federica_pederiva@yahoo.it.
Background:
Increased infertility and smaller volume accompany undescended testis. Timing of orchiopexy is still a matter of debate. We evaluated the growth of non-palpable testes after laparoscopic orchiopexy according to age at surgery, intraoperative findings and type of procedure.
Methods:
Forty-one boys undergoing laparoscopy for nonpalpable testes were retrospectively reviewed and divided into two groups, ≤18 months and >18 months, according to their age at surgery.
Results:
At follow-up, 14 testes in the younger group had normal size, while 3 atrophied either after single (2) or two stage procedure (1). Similarly, in older boys 11 testes grew normally, while 5 atrophied after both procedures.
Conclusions:
Most of the non-palpable testes grew normally after laparoscopic orchiopexy and the postoperative volume seemed independent from the surgical strategy. Both techniques led to a few cases of testicular hypotrophy. In our experience, the age at surgery did not affect the outcome in terms of testicular growth.
