OBJECTIVE To prospectively evaluate the Bianchi single scrotal incision technique for orchiopexy in boys with palpable undescended testis. METHODS A total of 35 orchiopexies were performed in 28 patients. The patent processus vaginalis was dissected and cut high without ligation, while in Bianchi's original procedure, the patent processus vaginalis is dissected up to the external inguinal can...

Midgut malrotation and incomplete rotation are common causes of neonatal intestinal obstruction. At end of 10 week of intrauterine life, cecum will be placed in subhepatic region temporarily and descends to right lower quadrant by eleventh week. Arrest of cecum in subhepatic region or undescended cecum is a rare congenital anomaly of mid gut. Usually, it remains asymptomatic and is diagnosed in...

Infrared Functional Imaging (IRFI) was used to detect sub-clinical varicocele. The evaluation of varicocele related hyperthermia and the different thermal properties of healthy and unhealthy testicles were used to detect the presence of the disease. A mild cold thermal stress performed on the scrotal region highlighted differences in the thermal recovery between the contralateral testicles and ...

and swelling in the groins and testicles, and pains in the loins. The attacks used to come on about once in three months, and lasted for two or three days at a time.^ ^ Condition on admission.?The patient appeared to be well developed and in good health. The scrotal tissues were slightly thickened, and the testicles somewhat enlarged. Occupying the upper part of the scrotum and the inguinal can...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the safety and emergency exploration of neonatal torsion. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 7 neonates (7 affected testicles) in theperiod 1980-2006. Of 7 testicles, 2 were removed (28.6%). The remaining 5 (71.4%) were explored and fixed. No operative or perioperative complications were associatedwith emergency exploration. During this twenty-six-yea...

This study evaluated intra-testicular injection of sodium chloride for chemical-castration in 12 mix bred dogs (6 adult and 6 non-adult). The sodium chloride at 20% concentration per testis were injected intratesticularly until tension occurs and the testicles were removed with the open surgical technique about 30 days for histopathologic evaluation. Testicular swelling was evident in both grou...

Because it detects discrete changes in tissue density, ultrasound allows an early diagnosis of physiologic changes, especially when dealing with subclinical changes. aimed to evaluate the use quantitative analysis gray scale images ovine testicles as a method for testicular caused by heat stress. Testicles from ten were insulated and then evaluated regarding echogenicity, echotexture, anatomica...

PURPOSE To investigate the expression of FAS ligand (FASL) in ipsilateral and contralateral testicles of rats submitted to ischemia/reperfusion. METHODS Wistar rats (n=21) distributed into groups control (GC), n=5, testicular exposure; ischemia (GI), (n=8), Torsion in the left testicular Cord (TCT) for three hours followed by orchiectomy without distortion and orchietomy of the contralateral ...