Undescended Testes — Is Surgery Necessary?

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An undescended testicle is one of the most common abnormalities of the genitourinary system. A considerable percentage of newborns (2 to 3 percent of fullterm and 15 to 30 percent of premature infants) have a testicle that has not yet descended to the scrotum.1 The condition is bilateral in about 25 percent of cases. Many of these testicles will descend before the first birthday; the incidence of undescended testicle at one year of age is approximately 0.7 percent. This incidence remains the same during childhood and early adult life,2 however, which indicates that although spontaneous descent does occur during the . . .

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