Complete descent of a testis occurs in two distinct stages. Both involve a ligament attached to the base of the testis, the gubernaculum (from the same Ancient Greek stem that gave us “governor”). In ...

The results suggested that early prolonged hormonal therapy is advisable in all patients with cryptorchidism to increase the speed of testicular descent to the scrotum achieved by surgery, and thereby ...

The efficacy of LHRH in cryptorchidism is still debated. The aim of this study was to quantify testicular descent after LHRH therapy. Synthetic LHRH (Hoe 471) was given intranasally in a spray dose of ...

Undescended testicles (UT), which is used synonymously with the term cryptorchidism, is characterized as the failure of either one or both testes and their associated structures to descend during ...

Testis descent and temperature Descent of testes is surely connected with the fact that all mammals are “warm-blooded”, typically having high core body temperatures around 37 o C (98.6 o F). Going ...