Imaging studies for non-palpable testis: Are they at all required?

摘要

Undescended testis is one of the common surgical disorders in childhood and twenty percent of the undescended testes are nonpalpable. Surgical management is required in almost all cases for the repositioning or removal of the undescended testes and early intervention is preferred for optimal outcome. Use of imaging studies for accurate preoperative localisation of the nonpalpable testis is a wide prevalent practice. However, available evidences have questioned the need of such studies.Keywords: Laparoscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, non-palpable testis, ultrasonography