SCROTAL POUCH OPERATION FOR UNDESCENDED TESTIS

Patients who had undergone a total of 167 orchidopexies by the scrotal pouch technique were followed up for 1-3 yr. The technique was described in detail. At follow-up 6 testes were found to have retracted out of the scrotum; these were successfully dealt with at a 2nd operation. One testis was hypoplastic in the scrotal pouch and another infarcted in the groin after the 1st stage of a planned 2-stage procedure. The remaining 159 testes were entirely satisfactory, giving an overall success rate of 95.2%. This technique compared favorably with other methods of orchidopexy in achieving a satisfactory anatomical position and in avoiding damage to the testis.