Comparison Between the Clinical Assessment of the Undescended Testis and Its' Ultrasonographic Size

Clalit Health Services

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Undescended Testis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02731989

0090-16-MMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

In addition to the manual preoperative examination, the undescended testicle will be measured ultrasonographically. The compared data will help us to evaluate the routine need for preoperative ultrasonographic evaluation of the undescended testicle.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 1 to 13 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Boys operated for unilateral cryptorchism

Exclusion criteria

• bilateral cryptorchism recurrent operation s/p inguinal operation

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

study group

Description:

The surgeon will estimate the size difference between the undescended and the normally located testis. Independently the ultrasonographer will measure the true size of both testes in the study group.

Control group

Description:

The same measurments will be done by the surgeon and the ultrasonographer on boys without cryptorchism.