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'''Undescended testis''', also '''cryptorchidism''', is when the [[testis]] fails to descend into the [[scrotum]] - from it embryological origin in the abdomen. | '''Undescended testis''', also '''cryptorchidism''', is when the [[testis]] fails to descend into the [[scrotum]] - from it embryological origin in the abdomen. | ||
==General== | |||
*Right more common than left. | |||
**In a larger series: 218 on left side, 459 right side and 96 bilateral.<ref>{{cite journal |authors=You J, Li G, Chen H, Wang J, Li S |title=Laparoscopic orchiopexy of palpable undescended testes_ experience of a single tertiary institution with over 773 cases |journal=BMC Pediatr |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=124 |date=March 2020 |pmid=32178653 |pmc=7075009 |doi=10.1186/s12887-020-2021-6 |url=}}</ref> | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||