Minimally invasive surgery in older children with Hirschsprung's disease in a North African Country.

Introduction: Hirschsprung's disease (HSD) is a bowel congenital anomaly affecting mainly the enteric nervous system of the rectosigmoid region. Surgical resection of the aganglionic segment and restoration of bowel continuity coloanal anastomosis is the main stay of treatment. In 1999, Georgeson et al.

Acute abdomen caused by rupture of a torted intra-abdominal testicular mass: Case report.

Introduction: Cryptorchidism is defined as the absence of one or both testicles from the scrotum, which is considered one of the most common birth defects of male genitalia. Mostly the undescended testes are in the inguinal region, while the intra-abdominal location accounts for only 10 % of the cases. The potential risk of malignant transformation in an undescended testis is approximately 2.

Unsatisfactory testicular position after inguinal orchidopexy: Is there a role for upfront laparoscopy?

: To examine the role of laparoscopy in managing unsatisfactory testicular position after an open inguinal orchidopexy. We hypothesised that testes that were originally peeping, where short vessels represented a difficulty and testes that only reached a high scrotal position under tension, especially after an initial surgery performed with the appropriate expertise, are candidates for initial laparoscopic dissection. : Nineteen boys with an initial open inguinal orchidopexy, with a mean age of 31 months, were considered.