title: Orchidopexy patterns in Austria from 1993 to 2009.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate orchidopexy patterns in Austria.
  
  
  METHODS
  All boys with cryptorchidism who underwent orchidopexy (n = 19.998) in Austria between 1993 and 2009 were analyzed using the database Austrian Health Information System at the Austrian Federal Research and Planning Institute for Health Care. Regression models were constructed to examine associations between the probability of orchidopexy before 24 months of life and the following parameters: year of birth, federal state of residence, character of area of living (rural/urban) and hospital type.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average age at operation dropped from 6 to 4.3 years (mean 5.2 years, SD 3.8 years). Total incidence of orchidopexy was continuously rising throughout the study period (p < 0.0001), with an OR of 1.007 (95% C.I.: 1.004; 1.0100) per year. The rate of operations between 0 and 2 years (p < 0.001) and 3-7 years (p < 0.001) increased, while the rate in boys older than 7 years decreased (p < 0.001). Year of birth (p < 0.0001) and place of residence (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.024) are significant predictors for having early orchidopexy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In Austria the total incidence of orchidopexy is significantly rising. Moreover, the incidence of orchidopexies performed before 24 months of life is constantly rising with significant geographic differences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Urology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK. alexander.springer@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Springer
authors.forename: Ramnath
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krall
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fülöp
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D056126:Orchiopexy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*