The results of surgical therapy for bilateral maldescended testes.
The age at surgical intervention, always bilateral, was 11-12 years, following the same technique and in 85% by the same surgeon. Out of the total of 285 men, 190 submitted to a follow-up examination and 141 sperm analyses were obtained; 25% azoospermia, 55% oligospermia and 20% normospermia. Out of a total of 107 married men, 39 had fathered one or more children.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010334:Paternity; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000032:analysis