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Laparoscopic Versus Open Orchiopexy in High Inguinal Undescended Testis, Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial

Phase 4
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
We Conducted This Prospective Randomized Comparative Study to Compare Between Outcome of Laparoscopic and Open Orchiopexy of High Inguina
Interventions
Procedure: laparoscopic orchiopexy
Registration Number
NCT05845515
Lead Sponsor
South Valley University
Brief Summary

We conducted this prospective randomized comparative study to compare between outcome of laparoscopic and open orchiopexy of high inguinal.

All children presented to us with high inguinal undescended testis diagnosed by history, clinical examination and inguino-scrotal ultrasound were included in this study.

We exclude children with previous history of inguinal surgery or unfit for anesthesia.

150 patients with inclusion criteria were randomized (using block randomization method by Stata, version 13.1, StataCorp, for Microsoft Windows R) into two groups: Group A: 75 cases who were operated with laparoscopic orchiopexy. Group B: 75 cases who were operated with open orchiopexy.

All of the patients were subjected to the following: Complete history taking, and Clinical examination: High inguinal undescended testis, is testicle felt at upper half of inguinal canal and can't manipulated to the scrotum Pre-operative routine Laboratory investigation and Pre-operative imaging: Inguino-scrotal \& colored Doppler ultrasound, were done for all patients. Patients were kept on fasting for 6 hours for solid food 2 hours for fluids before surgery. Informed written consent from all parents was obtained. All patients in our study underwent general anesthesia.

Detailed Description

Cryptorchidism, or undescended testis, is a common congenital anomaly in male child, it accounts 1 to 4.6% of full-term infants at the age of 1 year.

This condition usually involves the testicle that fail to travel from the abdomen through the inguinal canal to the scrotum during fetal life., cryptorchidism usually classified as inguinal cryptorchidism and intra-abdominal cryptorchidism in clinical practice, about 80% of undescended testis can feel the testis in the inguinal canal (1).

Cryptorchidism more than 6 months needs orchiopexy. Although laparoscopy has used widely in management of intra-abdominal cryptorchidism, there were controversy for its use in the treatment of inguinal cryptorchidism (1).

Open surgical treatment of such high inguinal testes is the most popular approach among urologists. Due to the difficult surgical mobilization of some high inguinal testes, as well as significant complications, including testicular retraction/atrophy (3-18%), we hypothesized in this study that laparoscopic orchiopexy for such high inguinal testes will be an attractive alternative approach (2).

Patients and methods

We conducted this prospective randomized comparative study to compare between outcome of laparoscopic and open orchiopexy of high inguinal.

All children presented to us with high inguinal undescended testis diagnosed by history, clinical examination and inguino-scrotal ultrasound were included in this study.

We exclude children with previous history of inguinal surgery or unfit for anesthesia.

150 patients with inclusion criteria were randomized (using block randomization method by Stata, version 13.1, StataCorp, for Microsoft Windows R) into two groups: Group A: 75 cases who were operated with laparoscopic orchiopexy. Group B: 75 cases who were operated with open orchiopexy.

All of the patients were subjected to the following: Complete history taking, and Clinical examination: High inguinal undescended testis, is testicle felt at upper half of inguinal canal and can't manipulated to the scrotum Pre-operative routine Laboratory investigation and Pre-operative imaging: Inguino-scrotal \& colored Doppler ultrasound, were done for all patients. Patients were kept on fasting for 6 hours for solid food 2 hours for fluids before surgery. Informed written consent from all parents was obtained. All patients in our study underwent general anesthesia.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
Male
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  • all children presented with high inguinal undescended testis
Exclusion Criteria
  • previous inguinal surgery
  • unfit patients

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
open orchiopexylaparoscopic orchiopexyopen orchiopexy group
laparoscopic orchiopexylaparoscopic orchiopexylaparoscopic orchiopexy group
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
success of laparoscopy and open surgery in treatment of high inguinal testis5 years

assess the outcome and success rate of laparoscopy and open surgery in treatment of high inguinal testis

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

South Valley University

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Qinā, Qina, Egypt

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