ABSTRACT
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1. INTRODUCTION
The incidence of cryptorchidism is 1-3% in male infants, 20% of whom have a nonpalp-
able testis (NPT) at presentation (1). The treatment of a palpable cryptorchid testis is not
controversial and consists of a transinguinal orchiopexy. Laparoscopy has replaced ultra-
sound and magnetic resonance imaging for the localization of a NPT (2). Controversy
exists concerning the operative technique in the cases of an intra-abdominal testis
(IAT). The laparoscopy-assisted orchidopexy (LAO) without sectioning the spermatic
vessels and the two-stage Fowler-Stephens (FS) procedure seem to be the techniques
with the highest success rate (3,4) and have been rapidly gaining popularity.
