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<p>Cryptorchism is a congenital anomaly of male genitalia, and is defined as a disorder of lowering testicles into the scrotum. In our study, the quality of sperm and fertility of men who were operated from unilateral or bilateral cryptorchism in childhood were analyzed. According to the age in which they were operated, patients were classified into different time groups, subjected to clinical examination and sperm analysis. A normal sperm count was found: 36.9% of the total number of patients operated from unilateral to bilateral cryptorchism. The highest percentage of normal sperm counts was 73.97%: the data which was found in the group that was operated from one-sided cryptorchism to the end of the second year of life. Regardless of the age of the cryptorchism operation, it is possible to expect a disorder of spermatogenesis.</p>
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Cryptorchism is a congenital anomaly of male genitalia, and is defined as a disorder of lowering testicles into the scrotum. In our study, the quality of sperm and fertility of men who were operated from unilateral or bilateral cryptorchism in childhood were analyzed. According to the age in which they were operated, patients were classified into different time groups, subjected to clinical examination and sperm analysis. A normal sperm count was found: 36.9% of the total number of patients operated from unilateral to bilateral cryptorchism. The highest percentage of normal sperm counts was 73.97%: the data which was found in the group that was operated from one-sided cryptorchism to the end of the second year of life. Regardless of the age of the cryptorchism operation, it is possible to expect a disorder of spermatogenesis.

Fertility after the Operation of Cryptorchism in Childhood

Department of Urology, Medical Center Krusevac

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Cryptorchism is a congenital anomaly of male genitalia, and is defined as a disorder of lowering testicles into the scrotum. In our study, the quality of sperm...

Fertility after the Operation of Cryptorchism in Childhood

Published Online: Jul 11, 2022

Page range: 121 - 125

Received: Dec 20, 2018

Accepted: Jun 08, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2019-0030

Keywords
cryptorchism, sperm count, fertility, orchidopexy

© 2019 Veroljub M. Vucic, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Fertility after the Operation of Cryptorchism in Childhood

Published Online: Jul 11, 2022

Page range: 121 - 125

Received: Dec 20, 2018

Accepted: Jun 08, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2019-0030

Keywordscryptorchism, sperm count, fertility, orchidopexy

© 2019 Veroljub M. Vucic, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
cryptorchism, sperm count, fertility, orchidopexy