Paediatric surgery.Ukraine.2020.4(69):63-66; doi 10.15574/PS.2020.69.63
Rahman Atiqur, Khan Rizwan Ahmad, Ali Rizvi Syed Amjad, Wahab Shagufta
JNMCH, AMU, Aligarh, India

For citation: Atiqur Rahman, Rizwan Ahmad Khan, Syed Amjad Ali Rizvi, Shagufta Wahab. (2020). A comparative study to evaluate the morphological features in undescended testes and changes following orchiopexy. Paediatric Surgery.Ukraine. 4(69):63-66; doi 10.15574/PS.2020.69.63
Article received: Oct 26, 2020. Accepted for publication: Dec 07, 2020.

A successful operative treatment of undescended testis has always been defined as a comparable scrotal position of the testis with no evidence of atrophic changes. The most important determinants for this are the type of undescended testis i.e. palpable and non-palpable and the timing of surgery. The ultimate goal of orchiopexy is to preserve its spermatogenic potential. However, that can only be ascertained at a later age. Therefore, early assessment of the procedure has been suggested by some radiological features. We undertook this study to evaluate these blood flow parameters.
The authors declare they have no conflict of interest.
Key words: Undescended testis, testicular volume, peak systolic velocity, end diastolic velocity, perioperative.

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