[Non-palpable testicle--the role of laparoscopy].

We report our experience with 133 children treated laparoscopically for non-palpable testis during the last eight years. Diagnostic laparoscopy eventually combined with orchiectomy, for atrophic testicle, was performed in 59 patients. An apparently normal-sized intra-abdominal testicle was found in 74 patients, ten of whom were bilaterally affected.

Acute idiopathic scrotal edema in children--revisited.

Background: Acute idiopathic scrotal edema (AISE), a self-limiting acute scrotal edema and erythema that resolves without sequela, was first reported by Qvist in 1956.

Methods: Thirty eight patients with AISE seen in the authors' department over the last 10 years were reviewed, comprising 44 episodes, most occurring in children under 10 years of age. The average age at presentation was 6.

Epididymitis in childhood: a clinical retrospective study over 5 years.

Background: Acute scrotal pain in children presents a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Epididymitis has been considered uncommon in childhood. The clinical spectrum and therapeutic policy of the acute scrotum in children is continually being reassessed.

A selective approach to the treatment of acute scrotum in children.

To determine a reliable clinical approach to the problem of acute scrotum (AS) in children and identify patients who require emergent surgical intervention, 65 boys with the diagnosis of AS were studied. The mean age was 11 years. Acute orchitis/epididymitis was diagnosed in 42 (64.