Evaluating The Relationship Between Age at Orchiopexy Performed at Our Center and Socio-Economic Development Level of Van Province
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Objective: To preserve testicular functions, surgery for undescended testis is recommended between 6 and 18 months of age. However, many patients undergo orchiopexy later than recommended ages. In this paper we aimed to assess influence of socio-economic development level of Van province on age at orchiopexy in our center.
Materials and methods: The medical records of the patients who were treated with orchiopexy in Van Education and Research Hospital between January 2014 and July 2018 were reviewed in this cross-sectional study. Patients divided into two groups according to age at operation. The surgery which was performed at 18 months of age and later has been defined as “late” orchiopexy. Mean age at orchiopexy was investigated and results were discussed by comparing with other similar studies.
Results: The mean age of 353 patients enrolled in this study was 4.9 ± 3.5 years and of them, 242 (68.5%) had late orchiopexy. According to the ‘’Research of socio-economic development of the provinces and regions’’ report published by Ministry of Development in 2011, Van province was in the group of the most underdeveloped provinces and ranked as 75th of 81.
Conclusion: Although most of boys included in the study underwent orchiopexy at a later age than suggested, our results were similar with other national and international studies. Socio-economic level of city is an important reason but there are some other factors causing the late surgery. We think that increasing the parents’ education level and regular home visits by primary care providers will be effective on early orchiopexy.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Urology
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Abdullah Gül
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0000-0003-4002-4659
Türkiye
Murat Gül
Türkiye
Nazım A Kankılıç
This is me
0000-0002-3747-3798
Türkiye
Ahsen K Akgul
0000-0003-3250-605X
Türkiye
Publication Date
June 12, 2020
Submission Date
April 15, 2019
Acceptance Date
September 10, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 15 Number: 2