[Endoscopic treatment of inguinal cryptorchism]. 1995

E Sánchez de Badajoz, and A Silio Vallecillo, and A Jiménez Garrido, and J M Gutiérrez de la Cruz
Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Univesidad de Málaga, España.

OBJECTIVE A new endoscopic approach for the treatment of the testicle located in the inguinal canal is described. METHODS Three trocars are inserted in the umbilicus and both flanks, then the spermatic vessels and vas deferens are dissected. A 2 cm skin incision is performed at the level of the internal inguinal ring and a finger is introduced. An incision is made endoscopically in the inguinal canal between the epigastric vessels and the conjoined tendon. With the finger the testicle is located and partially dissected. Pressure is applied on it until it is introduced into the peritoneal cavity through this incision, where it is released by dividing the sustentaculum testis. The cord is then pulled, the testicle is passed in front of the epigastric vessels and taken through the internal ring. Once the testicle is free in the peritoneum, it is brought into the scrotum. Finally, the inguinal canal is closed endoscopically. CONCLUSIONS So far endoscopic orchiopexy has only been performed in intraabdominal testicles, and we believe that this procedure can extend the indications of endoscopic treatment for the undescended testis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010535 Laparoscopy A procedure in which a laparoscope (LAPAROSCOPES) is inserted through a small incision near the navel to examine the abdominal and pelvic organs in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. If appropriate, biopsy or surgery can be performed during laparoscopy. Celioscopy,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures,Peritoneoscopy,Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Laparoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical,Surgery, Laparoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic,Celioscopies,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgeries,Laparoscopic Surgeries,Laparoscopies,Peritoneoscopies,Surgeries, Laparoscopic,Surgeries, Laparoscopic Assisted,Surgery, Laparoscopic Assisted
D003456 Cryptorchidism A developmental defect in which a TESTIS or both TESTES failed to descend from high in the ABDOMEN to the bottom of the SCROTUM. Testicular descent is essential to normal SPERMATOGENESIS which requires temperature lower than the BODY TEMPERATURE. Cryptorchidism can be subclassified by the location of the maldescended testis. Testis, Undescended,Abdominal Cryptorchidism,Bilateral Cryptorchidism,Cryptorchidism, Unilateral Or Bilateral,Cryptorchism,Inguinal Cryptorchidism,Testes, Undescended,Undescended Testis,Unilateral Cryptorchidism,Cryptorchidism, Abdominal,Cryptorchidism, Bilateral,Cryptorchidism, Inguinal,Cryptorchidism, Unilateral,Undescended Testes
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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