Surgery Paediatrics
Conditions
Interventions
Traditional treatment of undescended testies
Sponsors
Assiut university
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. 16-year-old male patients or less diagnosed with high intra-abdominal testes (IAT), whom a legal guardian agreed to participate in the study and signed an informed consent. 2. Patients scheduled for surgical intervention with either Fowler-Stephens (F-S) or Shehata procedure.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with a history of previous surgical intervention for cryptorchidism. 2. Patients with contraindications to laparoscopic surgery or general anaesthesia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Immediate Success Rate: The primary outcome measure will be the success rate of the surgical procedure, defined as the percentage of patients in whom successful testicular descent into the scrotum is achieved postoperatively. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Short-term success rates: Clinically by having non-atrophic, intrascrotal testis at postoperative follow-up and radiologically by having intact vascularity by US at 3 months, postoperatively. 2. Complication Rate: The incidence of intraoperative and postoperative complications, including but not limited to bleeding, infection, testicular atrophy, and reoperation rates 3. Duration of Surgery: The duration of surgical procedures. 4. Length of Hospital Stay: The length of hospital stay post-surgery | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactAdham Sleem
Urology resident
Outcome results
None listed