Table 3.
Surgical approaches used by the 2 groups
| Procedure | Pediatric urology; no. (%) of cases | Pediatric surgery; no. (%) of cases | ||||
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| All UDTs n = 513 |
Palpable UDT n = 422 |
Nonpalpable UDT n = 91 |
All UDTs n = 103 |
Palpable UDT n = 84 |
Nonpalpable UDT n = 19 |
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| Fowler–Stephens methods | 61 (11.9) | 11 (2.6) | 50 (55) | 4 (3.9) | 0 (0) | 4 (21) |
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| Laparoscopic single-stage | 5 (8.2) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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| Open single-stage | 9 (14.8) | 8 (72.7) | 1 (2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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| Combined laparoscopic, then inguinal 1-stage | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (25 |
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| Laparoscopic 2-stage | 47 (77.0) | 3 (27.3) | 44 (83) | 3 (75.0) | 0 (0) | 3 (75) |
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| Single-stage laparoscopy without ligation | 10 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (11) | 4 (3.9) | 0 (0) | 4 (21) |
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| Open method | 442 (86.2) | 411 (97.4) | 31 (34) | 95 (92.2) | 84 (100) | 11 (58) |
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| Inguinal | 198 (44.8) | 177 (43.1) | 21 (68) | 94 (98.9) | 83 (99) | 11 (100) |
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| Scrotal | 244 (55.2) | 234 (56.9) | 10 (32) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
UDT = undescended testis.