Laparoscopy for non-palpable undescended testis: comparing outcomes in syndromic and non-syndromic children
Agnes Raaschou Byström, Nilla Hallabro, Caroline Selin, Magnus Anderberg, Anna Börjesson, Martin Salö · 2025
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Description
Agnes Byström and colleagues compare keyhole surgery results for undescended testes in syndromic and other boys. Their cohort study from twenty twenty-five spans a decade of cases. Boys with genetic syndromes carry higher risk of this condition. Two-stage operations bring abdominal testes down in steps.
Nearly two hundred boys and three hundred testes entered review. Many testes sat inside the abdomen at surgery. Vanishing testes and small remnants made up other shares. Syndrome cases were bilateral and abdominal more often. Those children were also older at surgery. Shrinkage after the staged repair hit about one in five. Syndrome status shapes planning and expectations for families.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Agnes Raaschou Byström, Nilla Hallabro, Caroline Selin, Magnus Anderberg, Anna Börjesson, Martin Salö |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |