Laparoscopic Surgery for Undescended Testis

In a patient with undescended testis, a thorough clinical examination will reveal that the testis is either palpable or impalpable. In cases of clinically palpable testis at groin, though open orchiopexy is the choice, laparoscopic mobilization of gonadal vessels may be easier, due to better visibility in many instances. When testis is clinically impalpable, the choice of investigation is diagnostic laparoscopy [1, 2, 4]. Accuracy of laparoscopy in determining the site of intra abdominal testis is very good. Further it determines the next course of action as to how to proceed. The decision is taken based on the findings on laparoscopy [3, 5, 6].