title: Clinical results of early and late operative correction of undescended testes.
abstract: Operative treatment of undescended testes was performed in 556 boys (695 testes). The histopathological changes in the testicular tissue were more severe in older patients. However, post-operative clinical results were found to be significantly better in boys treated immediately before puberty than in boys treated at an earlier age.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation