Abstract
We report about laparoscopic examination and treatment of 19 patients with 25 non-palpable testes. Thirteen patients presented with unilateral and six patients with bilateral absent testes, respectively. In all cases of non-palpable testes laparoscopy was able to determine the exact localization and supported the surgical approach. Six testicles were treated by open orchiectomy after diagnostic laparoscopy; three testes were fixed by laparoscopically assisted orchiopexy. Three patients (three testicles) were treated by standard orchiopexy after laparoscopy and in three cases microvascular autotransplantation was performed. Laparoscopically, five aplastic testicles without vas and vessels were diagnosed. Three testes were considered as vanishing and in two patients (two testes) due to previous surgical exploration elsewhere testicular remnants were totally atrophic and were resected with the adjacent vas. All laparoscopic findings except the vanishing testis syndrome were proven either by open surgery or by laparoscopic preparation of the internal inguinal ring.
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