Technique of testicular autotransplantation using a microvascular anastomosis

The use of the operating room microscope to accomplish microscopic anastomosis is gaining wider application. The technique to accomplish autotransplantation of the intra-abdominal testes involves division of the spermatic artery and vein with reanastomosis to the inferior epigastric vessels under the operating room microscope. The over-all success rate cannot be assessed without long term follow-up study, but this procedure offers more potential success than vascular pedicle division alone and will eliminate staged orchiopexy.