Cryptorchidism

References

Key articles

Virtanen HE, Toppari J. Epidemiology and pathogenesis of cryptorchidism. Hum Reprod Update. 2008 Jan-Feb;14(1):49-58.Full text  Abstract

Hutson JM, Clarke MC. Current management of the undescended testicle. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2007 Feb;16(1):64-70. Abstract

Kolon TF, Herndon CD, Baker LA, et al. Evaluation and treatment of cryptorchidism: AUA guideline. J Urol. 2014 Aug;192(2):337-45.Full text  Abstract

European Association of Urology. Guidelines on paediatric urology. 2022 [internet publication].Full text

Kollin C, Stukenborg JB, Nurmio M, et al. Boys with undescended testes: endocrine, volumetric and morphometric studies on testicular function before and after orchidopexy at nine months or three years of age. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Dec;97(12):4588-95. Abstract

Braga LH, Lorenzo AJ, Romao RLP. Canadian Urological Association-Pediatric Urologists of Canada (CUA-PUC) guideline for the diagnosis, management, and followup of cryptorchidism. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jul;11(7):E251-60.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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35. Favorito LA, Anderson KM, Costa SF, et al. Structural study of the cremaster muscle in patients with retractile testis. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Apr 28;53(4):780-3. Abstract

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53. Virtanen HE, Tapanainen AE, Kaleva MM, et al. Mild gestational diabetes as a risk factor for congenital cryptorchidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Dec;91(12):4862-5.Full text  Abstract

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55. Kolon TF, Herndon CD, Baker LA, et al. Evaluation and treatment of cryptorchidism: AUA guideline. J Urol. 2014 Aug;192(2):337-45.Full text  Abstract

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64. Sadov S, Koskenniemi JJ, Virtanen HE, et al. Testicular growth during puberty in boys with and without a history of congenital cryptorchidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Jun;101(6):2570-7. Abstract

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83. Wei Y, Wu SD, Wang YC, et al. A 22-year retrospective study: educational update and new referral pattern of age at orchidopexy. BJU Int. 2016 Dec;118(6):987-93. Abstract

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85. Williams K, Baumann L, Shah A, et al. Age at orchiopexy for undescended testis in the United States. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Jan;53(1):86-9. Abstract

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