Shehata Technique at Two Months of Age: A Case Report of Successful Early Laparoscopic Orchiopexy

Abstract

Mary Zylinski1,2*, Aidan Kennedy1, Shivam Patel1, Bernadette Zwaans1, Christopher Jaeger1

Cryptorchidism is a common condition affecting 3% of males with 20%-30% of undescended testes being non-palpable, possibly indicating an intra-abdominal location. The AUA Guideline on the Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism recommends evaluation by a surgical specialist if spontaneous descent has not occurred by 6 months of life. Here, we report a case where a staged laparoscopic traction-orchiopexy (Shehata orchiopexy) was successfully utilized to fix an intra-abdominal testis discovered incidentally in a 2-month-old child during diagnostic laparotomy for a small bowel obstruction.