[Experience of the single scrotal approach for recurrent undescended testis after primary orchiopexy or inguinal surgery]. / Expérience de l'abord scrotal unique dans les abaissements testiculaires après chirurgie inguinale ou échec d'orchidopexie préalable.

OBJECTIVE: To report our experience of the unique scrotal incision for the redo cases of orchiopexy after previous inguinal surgery or orchiopexy for undescended testis with a special attention regarding the place of the single scrotal approach. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty-six patients operated between January 2003 and September 2015 in our surgical unit for secondary orchiopexy after previous inguinal surgery or orchiopexy for undescended testis (UDT) were included in a retrospective study. The secondary surgical procedure was initiated by a scrotal incision (Bianchi). In cases of difficulty by the scrotal incision an inguinal approach by the prior skin inguinal incision was performed. Patients were divided in two groups a group 1 of 10 patients with reascending testis following inguinal hernia repair and a group 2 of 26 patients with reascending testis after previous orchiopexy for UDT. A good result was defined as testis in scrotal position without evidence of atrophy. RESULTS: All the patients of group 1 were treated by a unique scrotal incision. In group 2, seven patients required a complementary inguinal approach. One hematoma complicated a scrotal procedure leading to a testicular atrophy. A good result was achieved in 35/36 patients (97%). CONCLUSION: Single scrotal incision is an efficient and easy way to perform secondary orchiopexy after hernia repair. After surgery for UDT, as for primary cases, it cannot be an exclusive approach, higher testis need a combined or an inguinal approach. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 5.

[The surgical management of undescended testis between 6 and 12 months: A difficult message to convey]. / Prise en charge chirurgicale des testicules non descendus entre 6 et 12 mois : un message long à transmettre.

PURPOSE: The undescended testis (UT) is the most common congenital malformation of the genital apparatus in male infants. The main objective of the management of these patients is to reduce the risk of infertility and cancer. Since these risks increase with age of operation, learned societies have recommended earlier intervention. Following the publication in 2007 of the Nordic consensus that called for an intervention between 6 and 12 months of age, we issued this message to medical students in the Lower Normandy region of France. The aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation of this teaching through the evolution of the number of children operated between 6 and 12 months for a congenital UT in our center. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Between 2005 and 2014, we evaluated the yearly percentage of children operated for UT between 6 and 12 months compared to the percentage of children operated on between 12 and 24 months. A statistical study using the Chi(2) test was used to compare the 2005-2008 and 2009-2012 periods. RESULTS: The percentage of children operated on between 6 and 12 months of age increased from 13.7 % between 2005 and 2008 to 17.2 % between 2009 and 2014. From 2012 on, the number of children operated on between 6 and 12 months was consistently higher than the number of children operated on between 12 and 24 months. The proportion of children operated beyond 2 years remained stable over the study period. CONCLUSION: Since we implemented teaching of early surgery for children with UT, we have observed a gradual increase in the number of children operated between 6 and 12 months of age. Nevertheless, there are still many children operated between 12 and 24 months and beyond.

[Outpatient pediatric urology in France: A still under developed practice. Results of a survey of the French Section of pediatric Urology (SFUP)]. / L'urologie pédiatrique ambulatoire en France: une pratique encore trop peu développée. Résultats d'une enquête de la section française d'urologie pédiatrique (SFUP).

PURPOSE: Outpatient surgery is a very well adapted practice to the pediatric population. Our goal was to evaluate its actual development in the field of the pediatric urology. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A questionnaire was addressed to all the French pediatric surgery centers in which at least one surgeon was member of the French Section of Pediatric Urology. The questionnaire concerned the organization and the outpatient urology procedures performed during the years 2011 and 2012. RESULTS: Thirty of the 34 approached centers returned the questionnaire. The total number of patients concerned in this study was of 33,166. The practices were very variable among centers: the inferior limit of age for anesthesia ranged from 2 to 12 months and type of surgery was also heterogeneous. Foreskin surgery, orchiopexy for undescended testis, inguinal hernia, and endoscopic treatment of vesico-ureteral reflux were the only procedures performed for more than 60% of cases as outpatient surgery. Outpatient surgery is not well developed in hypospadias repair. Only five centers raised 60% of ambulatory procedures for distal cases. No serious complication related to the outpatient approach was reported. CONCLUSION: This survey demonstrated very heterogeneous practices among French pediatric urologic centers. According to the French guidelines about outpatient pediatric surgery, this type of care could be more developed if anesthesiologists and surgeons accepted to evolve in their practice.