title: The role of the epididymis in testicular descent.
abstract: In 54 patients with 70 undescended testes hospitalized for orchiopexy epididymal anatomy was examined intraoperatively. Of the testes 66 per cent had abnormal epididymides, which suggests a possibly significant role for the epididymis in the process of testicular descent.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000196:embryology* / Q000473:pathology; D004822:Epididymis / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000002:abnormalities; D006547:Hernia / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male