Treatment of the Undescended Testis

Orchiopexy is an operation of outstanding merit and can be followed by exceedingly good results. If an accompanying hernia is troublesome the operation can be carried out early in life; otherwise it is preferable to wait until the boy is 8 to 10 years of age. Operations of the Torek type should be discarded in favor of procedures that focus on wide and extensive liberation of the vas and internal spermatic vessels, division of all cremasteric muscle fibers, forcible stretching of the scrotum, and establishment of an elastic form of traction for about a week after operation.