OBJECTIVE To analyse the incidence of epididymal anomalies and the structure of the processus vaginalis (PV) in patients with cryptorchidism treated or not with human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), and to compare these findings with human fetuses with testes in the scrotum. PATIENTS, MATERIALS AND METHODS We assessed 24 fetuses with a gestational age of 23-35 weeks, and 114 cryptorchid patien...

Several reports in the literature concern animal experiments with pneumoperltoneum and none of these describes any significant local pathologic changes attributed to the presence of air in the peritoneal space.’ Trimble, Eaton and Moore,2 in 1939, reported necropsy findings In 20 patients who had received pneumoperitoneum for varying lengths of time prior to death. Less than half showed any mnt...

Objectives To assess the incidence of testicular appendices (Tas), epididymal anomalies (EAs), and processus vaginalis (PV) patency in patients with undescended testis (UT) according to testicular position and to compare them with human fetuses. Methods We studied 85 patients (108 testes) with cryptorchidism and compared the features with those of 15 fetuses (30 testes) with scrotal testes. W...

Among the most prevalent pediatric surgical issues are inguinal hernias and hydroceles. The causes of both hernia hydrocele same. For this reason, cases in children indirect caused by a patent processus vaginalis. Fluid accumulation sac like that scrotum may be consequence vaginalis or an abnormality secretion absorption processes tunica Yet, despite prevalence hydroceles children, there has be...