The efficacy of adult orchidopexy as a treatment of male infertility: our experience of 20 cases

Koji Chiba; Tomomoto Ishikawa; Kohei Yamaguchi; Masato Fujisawa

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.104

The efficacy of adult orchidopexy as a treatment of male infertility: our experience of 20 cases

Fertil Steril. 2009 Oct;92(4):1337-1339. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.104. Epub 2009 May 12.

Authors

Koji Chiba¹, Tomomoto Ishikawa², Kohei Yamaguchi¹, Masato Fujisawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery Related, Faculty of Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
² Division of Urology, Department of Surgery Related, Faculty of Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. Electronic address: iskwtmmt@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 19439289
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.104

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine whether adult orchidopexy and testicular sperm extraction are effective or not as a treatment of infertility. In this study, we could not show the efficacy of orchidopexy as a treatment of infertility in adulthood, and testicular sperm extraction can be a useful treatment for adult patients with unilateral undescended testis.

Publication types

Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Cryptorchidism / blood
Cryptorchidism / complications
Cryptorchidism / pathology
Cryptorchidism / surgery*
Female
Fertilization in Vitro
Gonadal Steroid Hormones / blood
Humans
Infertility, Male / blood
Infertility, Male / etiology
Infertility, Male / pathology
Infertility, Male / surgery*
Male
Organ Size
Pregnancy
Retrospective Studies
Sperm Motility
Sperm Retrieval
Testis / pathology
Treatment Outcome
Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / methods*
Young Adult

Substances

Gonadal Steroid Hormones