title: Therapeutic laparoscopy for intra-abdominal testes.
abstract: Fourteen laparoscopic surgical procedures were performed in 10 children with 11 intra-abdominal testes. In addition to localizing the testes, laparoscopy aided in the surgical approach. In 8 patients, the first phase of a two-stage Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy was performed. Five children underwent an open surgical procedure three months later and have a viable testis in the scrotum after at least nine months of follow-up. In 5 patients (6 testicles), laparoscopy was used to dissect the testis. Three patients underwent the second phase of the two-stage Fowler-Stephens procedure laparoscopically. In all 3 patients, the testicle could be easily mobilized into the scrotum. Two other testicles were mobilized by dissecting the spermatic vessels up to the renal hilum laparoscopically; this allowed the intra-abdominal testes to come into the scrotum without dividing the spermatic vessels. In one teenager with a small intra-abdominal testis and a normal contralateral testis, laparoscopic orchiectomy was performed. We believe laparoscopy has a role both diagnostically and surgically in the treatment of intra-abdominal testes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bogaert
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kogan
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mevorach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000379:methods; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D013737:Testis / Q000601:surgery