title: Clinical and anatomopathological study of 2000 cryptorchid testes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish whether age at the time of surgery and location of the testes help to determine the anatomopathological lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 1972 and 1992 surgery was performed on 2000 testes in 1342 children, 658 of whom had bilateral cryptorchidism. The clinical, surgical and anatomopathological records were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Parametric and non-parametric tests failed to reveal any relation between the tubular fertility index or tubular diameter and the time of surgery or testicular location.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We cannot recommend a particular age at which surgery should be performed, in relation to the anatomopathological damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Miguel Servet Children's Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gracia
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Plaza
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alba
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012671:Seminiferous Tubules / Q000473:pathology; D013737:Testis / Q000473:pathology