Undescended Testicle

References

Citations

1. Behrman RE, et al. (2004). Disorders and anomalies of the scrotal contents. In Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed., pp. 1817–1818. Philadelphia: Saunders.

2. Huyghe E, et al. (2003). Increasing incidence of testicular cancer worldwide: A review. Journal of Urology, 170(1): 5–11.

3. Zeitler PS, et al. (2007). Cryptorchidism section of Endocrine disorders. In WW Hay Jr et al., eds., Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, 18th ed., p. 967. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill.

4. Schneck FX, Bellinger MF (2007). Abnormalities of the testes and scrotum and their surgical management. In AJ Wein, ed., Campbell-Walsh Urology, 9th ed., vol. 4, pp. 3761–3798. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

5. Wilson ED, et al. (2001). Cryptorchidism. In JMH Teichman, BD Weiss, eds., 20 Common Problems in Urology, pp. 29–38. New York: McGraw-Hill.

6. Bosl GJ, et al. (2005). Cancer of the testis. In J Pine, ed., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 7th ed., pp. 1269–1293. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

7. Pettersson A, et al. (2007). Age at surgery for undescended testis and risk of testicular cancer. New England Journal of Medicine, 356(18): 1835–1841.

Other Works Consulted

• Radmayr C, et al. (2003). Long-term outcome of laparoscopically managed nonpalpable testes. Journal of Urology, 170(6, Part 1): 2409–2411.

• Siegel NJ (2003). Cryptorchidism section of Kidney and urinary tract. In CD Rudolph et al., eds., Rudolph's Pediatrics, 21st ed., pp. 1740–1742. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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