Retractile testes: an outcome analysis on 150 patients

La Scala, Giorgio; Ein, Sigmund H

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.03.057

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Retractile testes: an outcome analysis on 150 patients

ContributorsLa Scala, Giorgio; Ein, Sigmund H

Published inJournal of pediatric surgery, vol. 39, no. 7, p. 1014-1017

Publication date2004

Abstract

Retractile testes are testicles that can be brought down into their normal position in the scrotum but then immediately retract upward and out of the scrotum. The purpose of this study is to provide data on the outcome of pediatric patients with retractile testes.

Keywords

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Comorbidity
Cryptorchidism/classification/epidemiology/surgery
Follow-Up Studies
Hernia, Inguinal/epidemiology
Humans
Male
Retrospective Studies
Testicular Neoplasms/epidemiology
Treatment Outcome

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Citation (ISO format)

LA SCALA, Giorgio, EIN, Sigmund H. Retractile testes: an outcome analysis on 150 patients. In: Journal of pediatric surgery, 2004, vol. 39, n° 7, p. 1014–1017. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.03.057

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Identifiers

PID : unige:55534
DOI : 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.03.057
PMID : 15213889

ISSN of the journal0022-3468

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Retractile testes: an outcome analysis on 150 patients

Retractile testes are testicles that can be brought down into their normal position in the scrotum but then immediately retract upward and out of the scrotum. The purpose of this study is to provide data on the outcome of pediatric patients with retractile testes.

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