Muhammad Zubair, Sultan Mehmood, Sumaira Kanwal, Riaz Hussain Dab.
Laparoscopic orchidopexy.
Professional Med J Jan ;15(1):168-70.

Design: Case series. Setting: Pediatric surgical department of B V Hospital (QAMC) Bahawalpur and Allied Hospital Faisalabad. Period: From April 2005 to Mar 2007. Material & Methods: Cryptorchidism is most frequent presentation in pediatric population. Laparoscopy has become "Gold Standard" in the diagnosis and therapy of nonpalpable undescended testis. We present our two year experience in the management of 40 cases at two centers. The age of the patients ranged from 9 months to 12 years. Laparoscopy was done to localize the testis prior to surgery. Thirty four patients underwent one stage laparoscopic orchidopexy, 7 patients had open orchidopexy and 3 needed two stage Fowler-Stephen orchiodopexy. Laparoscopy is a valuable tool in both diagnosis and treatment of nonpalpable testis,

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