![]() Trans-scrotal orchiopexy was successful in all cases and no patients required an additional groin incision. All the procedures were planned in a day-surgery setting. Mean patient’s age was 21 months (range: 14–28 months). Of them, 130 patients (86.7%) had unilateral undescended testis and 20 (13.3%) bilateral cryptorchidism. ResultsĪ total of 150 children with cryptorchidism were treated using a single trans-scrotal orchiopexy. Data collected included patient’s age, operative times and complications. All the patients enrolled had history of unilateral or bilateral undescended testis. FAO (Spinelli’s technique) consists in anchoring the testicles to sub-scrotal fat with a single trans-scrotal incision. We retrospectively reviewed all patients who underwent scrotal orchiopexy technique, from May 2013 to May 2019, at the Pediatric Surgery Division of Department of Surgical Pathology, University of Pisa (Italy). The purpose of the study is to evaluate results and outcomes in a long-time follow-up period, by performing a novel testicular fixation procedure, known as “fat anchor orchidopexy” (FAO), for the treatment of palpable low inguinal undescended testis. ![]()
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