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Table 4 Surgical procedure for the affected side

From: Does the contralateral testicular volume decide the need for diagnostic laparoscopy in cases of unilateral impalpable undescended testis?

 

Volume of the contralateral normal testis

Procedure is done for

the affected side

N (%)

Mean ± SD.

Median (Min. – Max.)

Test of significance

p

Nothing

26 (34.21%)

0.89 ± 0.16

0.86 (0.61–1.33)

H = 37.521*

< 0.001*

Traction1

17

(22.36%)

0.63 ± 0.23

0.61 (0.24–1.12)

Lap Assisted orchiopexy

12

(15.78%)

0.47 ± 0.12

0.50 (0.26–0.66)

Fowler Stephens one

2

(2.63%)

0.34 ± 0.11

0.34 (0.26–0.41)

Inguinal orchiopexy

9 (11.84%)

0.80 ± 0.19

0.82 (0.57–0.99)

Atrophic & excised

10

(13.15%)

0.83 ± 0.20

0.79 (0.57–1.19)

 

Volume of the contralateral normal testis

The overall finding of

the affected testis

N (%)

Mean ± SD.

Median (Min. – Max.)

Test of significance

p

Absent

36

0.87 ± 0.17

0.84 (0.57–1.33)

U = 233.50*

< 0.001*

Present

40

0.59 ± 0.22

0.55 (0.24–1.12)

  
  1. H: Kruskal Wallis test, p: p-value for comparing between the studied categories, *: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05, SD: Standard deviation