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Orchidopexy: palpable undescended testis

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  1. 01

    Palpable vs impalpable

    Orchidopexy: palpable undescended testis. Step 1: Palpable vs impalpable. Captured frame from the interactive animation.
    • A palpable testis sits in the inguinal canal or at the external ring and is approached through the groin.
    • An impalpable testis needs laparoscopy to find it, or to confirm it is absent, before any scrotal plan is made.
  2. 02

    Groin crease incision

    Orchidopexy: palpable undescended testis. Step 2: Groin crease incision. Captured frame from the interactive animation.
    • A groin crease incision over the external ring, along the line of the canal.
    • The skin crease is the landmark, the canal is the target.
  3. 03

    Deliver the testis

    Orchidopexy: palpable undescended testis. Step 3: Deliver the testis. Captured frame from the interactive animation.
    • The testis is delivered with its cord: vessels, vas and the hernial sac travel together, and each is identified before anything is divided.
  4. 04

    Separate + ligate the sac

    Orchidopexy: palpable undescended testis. Step 4: Separate + ligate the sac. Captured frame from the interactive animation.
    • The patent processus vaginalis is peeled off the cord and transfixed at its neck.
    • The vas and vessels are adherent within its wall: the dissection is the danger.
  5. 05

    Mobilise to gain length

    Orchidopexy: palpable undescended testis. Step 5: Mobilise to gain length. Captured frame from the interactive animation.
    • The cord is mobilised back to the internal ring until the testis reaches the bottom of the scrotum without tension.
    • Length comes from retroperitoneal release, not from pulling.
  6. 06

    Sub-dartos pouch

    Orchidopexy: palpable undescended testis. Step 6: Sub-dartos pouch. Captured frame from the interactive animation.
    • A pouch is made in the dartos layer of the scrotum, the testis placed inside, and the neck closed around the cord: snug enough to hold it, loose enough to feed it.
  7. 07

    Closure + review

    Orchidopexy: palpable undescended testis. Step 7: Closure + review. Captured frame from the interactive animation.
    • Closure in layers and a review plan: position and size are checked in clinic, because re-ascent and later atrophy declare themselves after discharge, not on the table.

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