Management of Undescended Testes: European Association of Urology
Journal of Pediatric Urology (2016) 12, 335e343 Review Article Management of undescended testes: European Association of Urology/European Society for Paediatric Urology Guidelines aPaediatric Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria Christian Radmayr a, Hasan S. Dogan b, Piet Hoebeke c, d e f g bHacettepe University, Faculty Radim Kocvara , Rien Nijman , Raimund Stein , Shabnam Undre , of Medicine, Department of Serdar Tekgul b Urology, Division of Paediatric Urology, Ankara, Turkey Summary of methodological and clinical heterogeneity. The cDepartment of Urology, Ghent risk of bias of each included study was assessed. University Hospital, Gent, Context Belgium Undescended testis is the most common endocrino- Evidence synthesis logical disease in the male newborn period. Inci- There is consensus that early treatment, by dDepartment of Urology, dence varies between 1.0% and 4.6% in full-term 18 months at the latest, for undescended testes is General Teaching Hospital in neonates, with rates as high as 45% in preterm ne- mandatory to avoid possible sequelae regarding Praha, and Charles University onates. Failure or delay of treatment can result in fertility potential and cancer risk. The current 1st Faculty of Medicine, Praha, reduced fertility and/or increased testicular cancer standard therapy is orchidopexy, while hormonal Czech Republic risk in adulthood. therapy is still under debate. However, in some in- dividuals the successful scrotal placement of previ- eDepartment of Urology, ously undescended testes may not prevent potential Division of Paediatric Urology, Objective negative long-term outcomes regarding fertility and University of Groningen, To provide recommendations for the diagnosis and testicular malignancy. Groningen, The Netherlands treatment of boys with undescended testes which reduce the risk of impaired fertility and testicular Conclusions f Division of Paediatric Urology, cancer in adulthood.
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