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Observation on Testicular Maldescent At Nnewi
Abstract
Aim: To test, in our environment the hypothesis that the ascending testis is a real and common variant of testicular maldescent and that testicular maldescent is rarely congenital in the absence of a complete hernial sac.
Patients and Method: All 29 patients who resented to the s with testicular maldescent over a 5 year period were studied . They undererwent 29 orchidopexies.
Results :In 9 cases the testes were indicated to have been palpable in the scrotum at birth or in early childhood. Of these, at orchiopexy, 2(22.22%)had associated hernial sacs while 7(77.88%) had no associated sacs, but fibrous remnants of the processus vaginalis were unidentified in their spermatic cords. In 20 cases in which the testis were indicated to have been undescended at birth, 17(18%) had associated complete hernial sacs at orchidopexy while none had the fibrous remnant of the processus vaginalis in the spermatic cord.
Conclusion: The hypotheses were found to be true in this environment.
Key words: Testicular Maldescent, Inguinal hernia.
[Jnl College of Medicine Vol.7(1) 2002: 38-39]
Patients and Method: All 29 patients who resented to the s with testicular maldescent over a 5 year period were studied . They undererwent 29 orchidopexies.
Results :In 9 cases the testes were indicated to have been palpable in the scrotum at birth or in early childhood. Of these, at orchiopexy, 2(22.22%)had associated hernial sacs while 7(77.88%) had no associated sacs, but fibrous remnants of the processus vaginalis were unidentified in their spermatic cords. In 20 cases in which the testis were indicated to have been undescended at birth, 17(18%) had associated complete hernial sacs at orchidopexy while none had the fibrous remnant of the processus vaginalis in the spermatic cord.
Conclusion: The hypotheses were found to be true in this environment.
Key words: Testicular Maldescent, Inguinal hernia.
[Jnl College of Medicine Vol.7(1) 2002: 38-39]
