title: Laparoscopic orchiectomy in a patient with complete androgen insensitivity.
abstract: Many procedures that were once approached exclusively through large abdominal incisions are now accomplished using operative laparoscopic techniques with shorter, less expensive hospital stays and significantly reduced convalescence. This report describes a laparoscopic orchiectomy in a patient with complete androgen insensitivity and discusses the indications for gonadectomy in phenotypic females with an XY karyotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gililland
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hibbert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Crain
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rozanski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D013734:Androgen-Insensitivity Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006061:Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XY / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000379:methods*