Cryptorchidism, where either one or both testes fails to migrate to the base of the scrotum,
affects 4% to 5% of full-term and 9% to 30% of premature males at birth. The testis can be …

In 1959 the Platt report made a number of recommendations about caring for children in
hospital. 1 The six main principles were identified as: child and family centred care, specially …

Objective To combine and analyse the results from centres with a large experience of
laparoscopy for the impalpable testis with small series, to determine the expected success …

Aims: Treatment of patients with abdominal non‐palpable testis (NPT) is still controversial
among pediatric urologists. This is a prospective randomized comparative study between …

Purpose: We report the outcome of a staged approach to the intra-abdominal testicle and
provide baseline data on operative time, postoperative course and testicular survival …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of laparoscopy in the treatment of patients with
previous negative inguinal exploration for impalpable undescended testes. METHODS: A …

Purpose: Nonpalpable testicles may be due to the vanishing testis syndrome, intra-
abdominal position, examination obscured by obesity or scar tissue and rarely testicular …

PURPOSE:: We investigated use of initial scrotal incision for the management of unilateral
nonpalpable testis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:: Scrotal incision followed by laparoscopy …

Laparoscopic orchiopexy has gained popularity in recent years. However, the decision
when to perform one-stage laparoscopic orchiopexy without division of the spermatic …

Objective During the last decade laparoscopy has increasingly been advocated as the
primary investigative procedure for the management of the non-palpable testis. We reviewed …