Technique of testicular autotransplantation using a microvascular anastomosis.
The use of the operating room microscope to accomplish microscopic anastomosis is gaining wider application. The technique to accomplish autotransplantation of the intra-abdominal testes involves division of the spermatic artery and vein with reanastomosis to the inferior epigastric vessels under the operating room microscope. The over-all success rate cannot be assessed without long term follow-up study, but this procedure offers more potential success than vascular pedicle division alone and will eliminate staged orchiopexy.
D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D013737:Testis / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous