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Promm, Martin ; Dittrich, Annika ; Brandstetter, Susanne ; Fill Malfertheiner, Sara ; Melter, Michael ; Seelbach-Göbel, Birgit ; Apfelbacher, Christian J. ; Kabesch, Michael ; Rösch, Wolfgang H.

Evaluation of Undescended Testes in Newborns: It Is Really Simple, Just Not Easy

Promm, Martin, Dittrich, Annika, Brandstetter, Susanne, Fill Malfertheiner, Sara , Melter, Michael , Seelbach-Göbel, Birgit, Apfelbacher, Christian J. , Kabesch, Michael und Rösch, Wolfgang H. (2021) Evaluation of Undescended Testes in Newborns: It Is Really Simple, Just Not Easy. Urologia Internationalis 105, S. 1034-1038.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.51159


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Introduction: The evaluation of the testicular position in newborns is important to ensure timely initiation of therapy. The aim of our study was to assess the reliability of a routinely performed screening examination. Patients and Methods: Newborns were examined by a pediatrician between 48 and 72 h after birth. Boys with suspected cryptorchidism were double-checked by a pediatric urologist ...

Introduction: The evaluation of the testicular position in newborns is important to ensure timely initiation of therapy. The aim of our study was to assess the reliability of a routinely performed screening examination. Patients and Methods: Newborns were examined by a pediatrician between 48 and 72 h after birth. Boys with suspected cryptorchidism were double-checked by a pediatric urologist within 24 h. Results: 1,181/2,353 children included in the study between June 2015 and December 2017 were male. Eight hundred sixty-one boys could be included in this analysis; 5.8% (n = 50) were diagnosed with undescended testis (UDT) by the pediatrician. 30/50 boys were double-checked at the Department of Pediatric Urology. Forty percent (20/50) were lost to follow-up. In 43% (13/30), the diagnosis could be confirmed. Three former studies had shown a relevant discrepancy in the results of the diagnosis of UDT made by health care providers and urologists/pediatric surgeons. To our knowledge, this is the first study evaluating the testicular position in male newborns in such a large prospective birth cohort study by physicians with ranging expertise within 1 day. Conclusion: Further treatment for UDT is based on clinical examination. Ours and previous studies can clearly show the various findings in boys suspected having UDT. Therefore, it is essential that the diagnosis is confirmed by a specialist before a therapy is initiated.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftUrologia Internationalis
Verlag:KARGER
Ort der Veröffentlichung:BASEL
Band:105
Seitenbereich:S. 1034-1038
DatumJuli 2021
InstitutionenMedizin > Lehrstuhl für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe (Schwerpunkt Geburtshilfe)
Medizin > Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
Medizin > Lehrstuhl für Urologie
Medizin > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin
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WertTyp
10.1159/000517268DOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsExamination; Cryptorchidism; Hormone therapy; Orchidopexy; Retractile testis; Screening
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-511596
Dokumenten-ID51159

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