title: [Results of treating cryptorchism with HCG in boys previously qualified for surgical treatment].
abstract: Hundred one boys, aged between 1.5 and 13 years, previously classified for surgery for uni- or bilateral cryptorchidism were examined. In 78 patients (77.2%) cryptorchidism was diagnosed, including 51 cases (50.5%) of unilateral undescended testicle. In the remaining 23 boys (22.9%) migrating testes were found: unilateral in 6 cases (5.9%) and bilateral in 17 cases (16.8%). An improvement was achieved after HCG therapy in 21 cases of migrating testes (91.3%), partial improvement in 1 case (4.35%), and no effect in 1 case (4.35%). The treatment with HCG produced recovery in 20 cases (25.6%) of cryptorchidism, partial improvement in cases (23.2%), and no effect in 40 cases (51.2%). A complete recovery was achieved in 41 out of 101 patients, i.e. in 40.6%, partial improvement in 19 cases (18.6%), and no effect in 41 cases (40.6%). The treatment with HCG enabled an avoidance of unnecessary surgery in 40.6% of all examined boys.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Andrologii I Kliniki Połoznictwa i Ginekologii, Instytut Po oznictwa i Ginekologii AM, Warszawie.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bablok
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Janczewski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin
vernacular_title: Wyniki leczenia niezstapionych jader za pomoca HCG u chłopców uprzednio zakwalifikowanych do leczenia operacyjnego.