ReviewCancers2020
Testis Sparing Surgery in Pediatric Testicular Tumors.
Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Multidisciplinary evaluation improves prevalence of testis-sparing surgery in children with testicular benign tumors: a cross-section study.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Prenatally diagnosed intra-abdominal testicular teratoma managed with single-stage Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy postnatally: A case report and literature review.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical features and surgical outcomes of testicular epidermoid cysts in children.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Review
- Case Report: Bilateral testicular teratoma in an infant with torsion of an intra-abdominal testis and contralateral testicular teratoma.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Monodermal teratoma: Three case reports and review of literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Review
- Testicular cancer in adolescents: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical aspects.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologieArticle
- Mature Testicular Teratoma Mimicking Hydrocele in a 3-Year-Old Boy: Case Report and Literature Review.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reportsReview
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this review is to evaluate the outcomes of testis sparing surgery (TSS) and to investigate under which circumstances TSS can be considered a safe treatment option in pediatric patients with testicular tumors.
methodsA database search was performed in Cochrane, Pubmed, and Embase for studies that focused on TSS as treatment for testicular tumors in the pediatric population, excluding reviews and single case reports.
resultsTwenty studies, describing the surgical treatment of 777 patients with testicular tumors, were included in the analysis. The majority of pediatric patients with benign germ cell tumors (GCTs) (mean age: 3.7 years) and sex cord-stromal tumors (SCSTs) (mean age: 6.6 years) were treated with TSS, 61.9% and 61.2%, respectively. No cases of testicular atrophy occurred. Four of the benign GCTs, i.e., three teratomas and one epidermoid cyst, recurred. No cases of recurrence were reported in patients with SCSTs. Of the 243 malignant GCTs (mean age: 4.2 years), only one patient had TSS (0.4%).
conclusionTSS is a safe treatment option for prepubertal patients less than 12 years of age with benign GCTs and low grade SCSTs.
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