Orchidopexy Child

What is an orchidopexy (child)?

Orchidopexy (child) is a surgery to move a boy’s testicle that has not descended or moved down to its proper place in the scrotum.

Undescended testicles are when a child’s testicles are not in their usual place in the scrotum. Whilst in the womb, a boy’s testicles develop inside his abdomen. Towards the end of pregnancy, the testicles travel through a passage into the scrotum. If the testicles don't descend by the time the child is six months, it is very unlikely they will descend without treatment.

An orchidopexy is normally performed under general anaesthetic as day surgery and takes about an hour. It involves making a cut in the groin to locate the undescended testicle and a second cut to move it downwards and reposition it in the scrotum.

Sometimes the testicle is higher in the abdomen and laparoscopic surgery is carried out to locate it before repositioning it. The surgeon passes a small laparoscope tube containing a light source and a camera through a small cut in your child's abdomen. The bringing down of a testicle from the abdomen may be performed in one operation or two stages.

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