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Testicular-epididymal fusion abnormality in undescended testis

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In the course of 1195 operations, performed in children with cryptorchidism, the testes were studied for size, turgor and fusion with the epididymis. Inquiries were made into the reasons of fusion disorders which were conspicuously numerous. Attention is called to this not too familiar condition which seems to play an important role in the emergence of fertility disorders in men with congenital cryptorchidism.

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Merksz, M., Tóth, J. Testicular-epididymal fusion abnormality in undescended testis. International Urology and Nephrology 19, 179–187 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02550471

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