title: [The retained testicle: our experience].
abstract: In our experience the undescended testis has an occurrence rate of 3-4% on the total of males born. The rate decreases to 0.3% when the occurrence is observed on males aged 1 year. The first step of treatment is hormonal followed by a surgical second step in case of failure. The Author stresses the need of the treatment as early as possible to prevent the damage of both exocrine and endocrine testicular functionality.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Della Morte
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin
vernacular_title: Il testicolo ritenuto: la nostra esperienza.