Undescended testicle

Undescended testicle, orcryptorchidism, is an abnormality occurring in ca. 30% preterms and ca. 3% of full term neonates. Testicles develop inside the abdominal cavity. In most cases, they descend from the cavity before birth. Sometimes, however, one or both testicles fail to descend fully.
Reasons for incomplete descension from the abdominal cavity may differ; most commonly discussed causes include hormonal and anatomical reasons. By the end of the first year of life most testicles spontaneously descent into the scrotum, so that only ca. 1% of boys suffer from cryptorchidism in the second year of their life. If the testicles fail to descend spontaneously, surgical intervention is required as early as in the second year of life.

Qualifications for surgical treatment include boys with high (abdominal) testicles and relocated testicles with concomitant inguinal hernia. Surgical treatment is very effective. Success rate is ca. 94%.

Cryptorchidism surgeries in the LUX MED Group Hospital are performed by experienced paediatric surgeons: Piotr Szynaka MD, PhD, Piotr Gastoł MD, PhD, Jan Gruchalski MD, PhD and Włodzimierz Grochowski MD.

For more information on the procedures performed in the LUX MED Group Hospital, call 22 431 20 59 or visit szpital@luxmed.pl .