Citation

Xu YM, Wu P, Cai PC, Cheng ZC. J. Urol. 1988; 139(3): 596-598.

Affiliation

Department of Urology, Shanghai Sixth Hospital, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Urological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3343750

Abstract

To our knowledge there has been no report to date of successful testis replantation after complete traumatic severance of the funiculus within the scrotum. We report a case in which both funiculi were cut completely (one of which was severed 0.8 cm. proximal to the upper pole of the testis, and the other just at the junction of the funiculus and the testis). We successfully rejoined the testis with the funicular stump to the proximal cut end of the right side using a microsurgical technique. The total ischemia period of the replanted testis was 6 hours. The penis was erect 4 days postoperatively and blood testosterone level was within the normal range. At testicular biopsy 120 days postoperatively the germ cells could be seen in various stages of development and the appearance of the Leydig cells was normal.

Language: en