Undescended testes: Does age at orchiopexy affect survival of the testis?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 770-773

  Carson, Jeffrey S ^a   Cusick, Robert ^a,b   Mercer, Andrea ^a,b   Ashley, Adrienne ^b   Abdessalam, Shahab ^a,b   Raynor, Stephen ^a,b   Lyden, Elizabeth ^c   Azarow, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cryptorchidism; Orchiopexy; Testicular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTORCHISM; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; ORCHIDOPEXY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE TESTIS ASCENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; TOW STAGE FOWLER STEPHENS OPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATROPHY; CRYPTORCHIDISM; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ATROPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORCHIOPEXY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84901006941     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.02.065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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