Table 1.

Patient characteristics, univariate analysis comparing testicular salvage.

	Orchiectomy n=51	Orchidopexy n=63	p-value
Median age (IQR), years	12 (4–14)	13 (12–14)	0.17
Age group			0.01
<8 years (n=23)	16 (69.6%)	7 (30.4%)
≥8 years (n=91)	35 (38.5%)	56 (61.5%)
Race			0.85
Hispanic (n=53)	24 (47.4%)	29 (52.6%)
Other (n=57)	27 (45.3%)	30 (54.7%)
Side			0.56
Left (n=69)	33 (47.8%)	36 (52.2%)
Right (n=44)	18 (40.9%)	26 (59.1%)
Insurance			0.09
Private (PPO/HMO) (n=48)	18 (37.5%)	30 (62.5%)
Medi-cal HMO (n=37)	15 (40.5%)	22 (59.5%)
Medicaid (n=29)	18 (62.1%)	11 (37.9%)
Admission			0.55
Primary (n=79)	37 (46.8%)	42 (53.2%)
Transfer (n=35)	14 (40%)	21 (60%)
Median time to operating room (IQR), minutes	240 (163–320)	180 (140–240)	0.02
Median duration of pain prior to operating room (IQR), hours	42 (18–72)	4 (2–6)	<0.001
Duration of pain			<0.001
<6 hours (n=50)	5 (10%)	45 (90%)
≥6 hours (n=63)	45 (71.4%)	18 (28.6%)

PPO, preferred provider organization; HMO, health maintenance organization