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Laparoscopic evaluation of testicular mobility as a guide to management of intra-abdominal testes.
World Journal of Urology 2003 May
The optimal management of intra-abdominal testes is the subject of an ongoing debate as the result of widespread use of laparoscopy since early 1990's. A simple laparoscopic technique uses cord mobility to act as a guide to cord length and therefore predict the success of a conventional orchidopexy in cases of true intra-abdominal testes. In the technique described, the testis is displaced by stretching the testes to overly the opposite internal inguinal ring. Over a 3-year period, a total of 36 boys with 38 intra-abdominal testes, confirmed laparoscopically, were prospectively assessed. The reported "stretching maneuver" was carried out in all cases. Successful conventional orchidopexy as predicted by a positive stretch maneuver was carried out in 20 testes. When the stretch maneuver failed, conventional 2-stage open operation was done in 3 patients and Fowler-Stephens orchidopexies for the remaining 13 children. A simple test determining testicular mobility assessed during laparoscopic evaluation of intra-abdominal testes provides information of significant importance upon which the correct surgical approach can be based.
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