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UNDESCENDED TESTIS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 7199 MALE BIRTHS
FRANCESCO RAIMONDI1,2, MARIANNA BUSSI1, LETIZIA CAPASSO1, VALERIA CRIVARO1, PASQUALE PERROPANE1, GIOVANNA DAMBROSIO1, SALVATORE DI MAIO3, ROBERTO PALUDETTO1
1Neonatologia, Dipartimento di Pediatria, Universitΰ Federico II di Napoli
2Division of Neonatology, University of Maryland at Baltimore, USA
3Divisione di Endocrinologia Pediatrica, Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilevanza Nazionale e Alta Specializzazione, Santobono, Napoli
Febbraio 2002 - pagg. 116 -120
Abstract
To improve the knowledge on natural history and medical practice relating to undescended
testis (UT), the records of 7199 male births were reviewed. Cases with UT were assessed and
classified and all subjects with abnormal findings at birth were recalled to investigate about
subsequent course and medical interventions. In this population, UT was present in 2.4% of
subjects. Follow-up information was available on 95 cases. Practically all spontaneous resolution
occurred within the first 6 months of age. Medical treatment was successful in one out
of 17 cases. Surgery was performed at an average age of 27.8 months. 15 cases were still
untreated at an average age of 32.5 months. Concomitant inguinal hernia was very frequent
among UT cases.
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