UNDESCENDED TESTES.

Orchiopexy was performed upon 152 patients. Follow-up observation was inadequate, but of known results 14 per cent were poor. As an increasing number of investigators have observed spontaneous descent of undescended testes, this possibility should be considered in weighing indications for operation on boys before the age of puberty. Coexisting clinically demonstrable hernia (59 per cent in this series) is an indication for early operation. Otherwise, orchiopexy may be best delayed, perhaps until the twelfth year. This was done in 25 per cent of the cases in this series. Three methods of operation were used, the Torek, the Cabot-Nesbit, and the Bevan. There were fewer poor results with the Torek than with the Cabot-Nesbit procedure. The greatest number of poor results was in cases in which the Bevan technique was used.