Role of laparoscopy and ultrasound in themanagement of “impalpable testis” inchildrenSummaryBackground:Undescendedtestesisoneofthemostcommoncongenitalabnormal-ities in boys. In cases of impalpable testes, ultrasound is often used to find the testis, whichfrequently provides false-negative results. Recently, laparoscopy has become popular in themanagement of impalpable testes.Methods:RetrospectivestudyofallchildrenwithimpalpabletestespresentingforlaparoscopybetweenAugust2007andJuly2011whohadundergoneultrasoundexaminationswithoutlocal-izingthetesteswasconductedandtheroleoflaparoscopyindiagnosingimpalpabletesteswasevaluated.Results:Twenty-three patients present edwithimpalpabletestesforlaparoscopy.All patientsunderwentultrasoundexaminations inwhichthetestescould notbeidentified.Of the 23pa-tients,Fivepatientswerefoundtohavepalpabletestesinthesuperficialinguinalpouchunderanesthesia and proceeded to conventional open exploration during which the testes werebroughtintothescrotum.Eighteen patient swere found to have impalpable testesinaneval-uation under anesthesia (EUA) and proceeded to laparoscopy. Twelve patients were found to
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