Role of Laparoscopy in Management of Non-Palpable Undescended Testis in Children | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 11, Volume 76, Issue 2, July 2019, Page 3454-3459 PDF (512.72 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2019.37932 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Mohamed M. AbdElsalam  ; Khalid M. Elshimy; Akram M. Elbatarny; Mahmoud A. Elafifi
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| Pediatric Surgery Department. Faculty of Medicine. Tanta University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Several techniques have been described for treatment of intra-abdominal testis including microsurgical autotransplantation, primary laparoscopic orchiopexy (VILO), one- and two-stage laparoscopic Fowler–Stephens procedures, and staged laparoscopic traction orchiopexy (Shehata technique). Aim of the work: To evaluate the role of laparoscopy in the treatment of non-palpable undescended testis. Patients and methods: This study was carried out in the Pediatric Surgery Unit, Tanta University Hospitals, during the period from April 2017 to October 2018, on 37 cryptorchid boys with 40 non-palpable testes. The mean age of the patients was 3.46 ± SD 3.1 years. Laparoscopic exploration was done for all cases, and if testes were found intraabdominally, with rough measurement of the length oftesticular vessels (TV), decision was taken either to do VILO or Shehata technique. Results: Out of 40 testes, 17 testes (42.5%) were vanishing, 3 intra-abdominal testes (7.5%) with long TV enough to undergo VILO, and 20 intra-abdominal testes (50%) with short testicular vessels underwent Shehata technique. Follow up for 3 -12 months postoperatively showed that all 3 testes underwent VILO were normal in size and vascularity. While the 20 testes underwentShehata technique, 19/20 (95%) testes were normal in size, while small testis was detected in 1/20 testis (5%). Conclusion: VILO has excellent results in management ofintra-abdominal testes with sufficient TV length while Shehata technique has excellent results in management ofintra-abdominal testis with short TV | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Laparoscopy; intra abdominalt estis; primary laparoscopic orchiopexy; Fowler–Stephens procedures; Shehata technique | ||||
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