RESUMO
Multiple approaches exist for the management of impalpable undescended testicle. With the use of diagnostic laparoscopy widely accepted in the setting of the non-palpable testis, laparoscopic orchiopexy seemed to be a logical extension. We report our experience with laparoscopic orchiopexy in treating 36 impalpable testis in 32 children at Tanta University Hospital, three of them had undergone a negative groin exploration at other centers, Twelve children had an absent testis at the side under investigation [33.3%]. Twenty children with 24 intra-abdominal testes underwent laparoscopic assisted orchiopexy. Eighteen of them were submitted to a single - stage standard subdartos orchiopexy, and two-stage orchiopexy for the remaining six with a success rate reaching 87.5%. There were no technical failures or laparoscopy-related complications in all of these children. We concluded that laparoscopic assisted orchiopexy is a satisfactory and reliable technique which has the advantage of being accurate diagnostic and proper therapeutic in one setting