ABSTRACT

Aim: To determine the outcome in single stage vessel sparing, laparoscopic assisted orchidopexy in children.

Study design: Prospective Cross sectional study.

Place and duration of study: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Nishtar Medical University, Multan. The duration of study wasJanuary 2018 to June 2019.

Methods: In this study boys with age between 2-10 years having undescended testes assessed on clinical examination and confirmed on ultrasonography were included. Then these cases underwent single stage laparoscopic orchidopexy and testiswas brought to the scrotum and fixed there. Follow up was done up to three months and atrophy, ascent and/or stayed in place, were noted.

Results:In this study there were total 22 cases with 25 undescended testes. The mean age was 5.87±2.32 years and mean weight was19.25±6.20 kg. There were 13 (59.1%) cases with right sided undescended testis, 6(27.3%) cases with left sided undescended testis and 3 (13.6%) cases had bilateral undescended testes. Efficacy of single stage orchidopexy was noted in 19 (86.36%) of the cases.

Conclusion: Single stage vessel sparing orchidopexy is an effective treatment option in cases of intra- abdominal undescended testis.