PURPOSE We review the literature and describe our technique for laparoendoscopic single-site orchidopexy using a glove port and rigid instruments. We assessed the feasibility and outcomes of this procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the case records of all children who had undergone laparoendoscopic single-site orchidopexy by use of a surgical glove port and convention...

Due to its noninvasiveness and high resolving power, ultrasound examination is the examination of choice for the imaging of the structures of the pediatric scrotum. It allows to reveal changes impossible to find in the course of a clinical examination. Its significance has increased over the past few years due to the technological developments. The introduction of transducers with frequency of ...

Swerdlow et al studied a cohort of 1075 men who had been treated for cryptorchidism. In 120 testes that had been biopsied at the time of orchiopexy the relative risk of subsequent development of testicular cancer was 66.7. The corresponding relative risk in 1285 undescended testes that had also been operated on but not biopsied was 6.7. The estimate for testes that were not biopsied is about as...

Background: Undescended testes are a common problem, affecting up to 3% of newborn males. The goals of orchiopexy in humans are to provide adequate scrotal fixation, to prevent recurrent torsion of the testis and spermatic cord or ascent of the testis, and to achieve these goals with minimal trauma to the testis. The best method of achieving fixation remains controversial. Purpose: The aim of o...

Undescended ovary is a rare entity and usually presentedas a case report. It is associated with urinary and uterine anomalies. Symptomatic patients are diagnosed during surgery. Most of the patients are asymptomatic and treatment is unnecessary. They are incidentally diagnosed during infertility evaluation and treatment such as ovarian hyperstimulation studies. A 15-year-old female patient pres...

Abstract Background Undescended testis is one of the most common paediatric surgical diagnoses. A lot research has been done to date, standardise management intra-abdominal and extra-abdominal undescended testis. High inguinal a unique clinical encounter which demands additional measures over conventional orchidopexy for better results. Main body abstract Open routine quite straightforward oper...

INTRODUCTION Persistent Müllerian Duct Syndrome (PMDS) is a rare sexual disease. It is characterized by the presence of female reproductive structures such as uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes and upper part of vagina in a normal genotypically and phenotypically male. The diagnosis is usually incidental since the patients will present with normal external genitalia and secondary sexual characteri...

Objective: Hypospadias is known to have familial inheritance because of multifactorial etiology. Little is known about the genetic polymorphism involved in hypospadias. A few genetic associations have been reported but mainly in studies of small sample size and were based on case control stud . The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the genetic polymorphism ies usually seen in the affect...