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ReviewInternational braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology

Testicular arteries anatomy applied to fowler-sthephens surgery in high undescended testis - a narrative review.

Tatiana C Benzi, Natasha T Logsdon, Francisco J B Sampaio, Luciano Alves Favorito

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Review in International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Radical cystectomy highlighted in International Brazilian Journal of Urology.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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  6. Abdominal testicular vessel distribution in human fetuses - basis for fowler-Stephens surgery.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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  7. Editorial Comment: Testicular descent revisited: a microcomputed tomography study in fetal rats.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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  8. Editorial Comment: Ascending testis: A congenital predetermined condition.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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  9. Editorial Comment: Anatomy of testicular artery: A proposal for a classification with MDCT angiography.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tatiana C BenziUnidade de Pesquisa Urogenital - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Uerj, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Natasha T LogsdonUnidade de Pesquisa Urogenital - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Uerj, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Francisco J B SampaioUnidade de Pesquisa Urogenital - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Uerj, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Luciano Alves FavoritoUnidade de Pesquisa Urogenital - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Uerj, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIn this review we will describe the testicular vessels anatomy and the implications of these vessels in surgical treatment of high undescended testis. MATERIAL AND

methodsWe performed a narrative review of the literature about the role of the testicular arteries anatomy in the treatment of high undescended testis. We also studied two human testes to illustrate the testicular vascularization.

resultsEach testis is irrigated by three arteries: testicular artery (internal spermatic artery), a branch of the right aorta; deferential artery (vasal artery), a branch of the inferior vesicle artery that originates from the anterior trunk of internal iliac artery and cremasteric artery (external spermatic artery), a branch of the inferior epigastric artery. There are important communications among the three arteries with visible anastomotic channels between the testicular and deferential arteries.

conclusionsLaparoscopic transection of the testicular vessels by dividing the spermatic vessels (Fowler-Stephens surgery) is safe in patients with high abdominal testis due to the great collateral vascular supply between testicular, vasal and cremasteric arteries; also, two-stage Fowler-Stephens orchiopexy appears to carry a higher rate of success than the single stage approach.

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CryptorchidismLaparoscopySpermatic CordArteriesHumansMaleOrchiopexyTestisAnatomyCryptorchidismTestis

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PMID34003614
PMCPMC8691233
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