title: Simultaneous laparoscopic varicocelectomy and removal of an intrascrotal atrophic testicle.
abstract: We report on the concomitant removal of an atrophic intrascrotal left testicle secondary to mumps orchitis and a right varicocelectomy for athenospermia done laparoscopically. The procedure proved to be quite simple to complete, avoiding the need for secondary incisions, which would have been required otherwise if a standard open approach was chosen. The convalescence period was uneventful with the patient returning to regular activities within 72 h of the procedure. We feel that in selected cases a laparoscopic orchiectomy offers distinct advantages to conventional open surgical approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Mehan
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Andrus
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Parra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology; D014646:Varicocele / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*