Abstract
Patients who had undergone a total of 167 orchidopexies by the scrotal pouch technique were followed up for 1-3 years. The technique is described in detail. At follow-up 6 testes were found to have retracted out of the scrotum and these were successfully dealt with at a second operation. One testis was hypoplastic in the scrotal pouch and another infarcted in the groin after the first stage of a planned two-stage procedure. The remaining 159 tests were entirely satisfactory, giving an overall success rate of 95.2%. This technique compares favourably with other methods of orchidopexy, both in achieving a satisfactory anatomical position and in avoiding damage to the testis.
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