[Acquired undescended testes: treatment and consequences for future fertility].

1-3% of boys develop an acquired undescended testes (UDT), meaning that the testes cannot be returned into the scrotum after previously having been located in a stable scrotal position. Fertility issues for patients with acquired UDT are comparable to those for patients with congenital UDT. Hypothetically speaking, patients with acquired UDT are at lower risk of testicular cancer than patients with congenital UDT.

Sperm DNA damage measured by sperm chromatin structure assay in men with a history of undescended testes.

The aim of this study was to compare sperm DNA damage between men with a history of congenital undescended testis (UDT) and men with a history of acquired UDT. A long-term follow-up study of men with previous UDT was performed. Fifty men with congenital UDT who had undergone orchiopexy at childhood age, 49 men with acquired UDT after a 'wait-and-see'-protocol (e.

INSL3 and AMH in patients with previously congenital or acquired undescended testes.

Background: In previous reports no differences in Leydig and Sertoli cell function were found between congenital undescended testis (CUDT) and acquired UDT (AUDT) on the basis of serum levels of LH, testosterone, FSH or inhibin B. This study tried to detect differences in Leydig and Sertoli cell function between CUDT and AUDT using insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH).

Method: 118 men with a history of UDT (CUDT N=55 (6/55 bilateral), AUDT N=63 (15/63 bilateral)) were investigated.

Scrotal ultrasound findings in previously congenital and acquired unilateral undescended testes and their contralateral normally descended testis.

The aim of this study was to report on different anomalies found by physical examination and scrotal ultrasound in men with previously unilateral congenital undescended testes (UDT; N = 50), acquired UDT (N = 49), their contralateral normally descended testis (CNDT) and control testes (N = 53). Acquired UDT significantly more often had a testicular volume being <15 mL than congenital UDT (88% vs. 68%).

Acquired undescended testes and fertility potential: is orchiopexy at diagnosis better than awaiting spontaneous descent?

The aim of this study was to evaluate testicular function in men with previous acquired undescended testis (UDT) in whom orchiopexy was performed at diagnosis compared with a similar group of men in whom spontaneous descent was awaited until puberty. Secondly, we examined the influence of age at orchiopexy on fertility parameters in adult life. A total of 169 men of the 'orchiopexy at diagnosis' group and 207 men of the 'wait and see' protocol group were invited for participation.