Cryptorchidism

This study compared two surgical techniques for placing a high undescended testicle into the scrotum in children over 6 months old. Fifty participants were randomly assigned to receive either the newer Shehata traction method or the standard two-stage Fowler-Stephens surgery. The…

This study compared two types of pain blocks given before surgery to children aged 6 months to 12 years having lower belly or groin surgery. The blocks use numbing medicine to reduce pain after the operation. Researchers measured how much extra pain medicine the children needed a…

This study looked at 114 boys aged 2 to 7 having urogenital surgery to see if being anxious before the operation leads to more pain or confusion after waking up. Researchers measured anxiety before surgery and then tracked pain, delirium, and recovery speed in the recovery room. …

This study looked at whether exposure to certain chemicals (endocrine disruptors) during pregnancy might increase the chance of a baby boy being born with undescended testicles. Researchers compared 95 affected boys with 188 healthy boys, testing cord blood and breast milk for th…

This study looked at 60 boys with an undescended testicle that could be felt in the groin. Half had standard surgery (orchiopexy) with tying off a small sac near the testicle, and half had the surgery without that step. The goal was to see if skipping the sac ligation made the op…

This study looked at tiny molecules in the blood called miRNAs to see if they could help doctors tell apart two similar conditions in boys: undescended testicles (which need surgery) and retractile testicles (which usually get better on their own). Researchers took blood samples …