[Cryptorchism and its surgical treatment].

545 operations were conducted in the clinic in various forms of cryptorchidism. Downward transposition of the testis after Keetley-Torek-Gertsen was the operation of choice. The author was the first to perform one-stage transposition of both testes with the use of microsurgical techniques in bilateral cryptorchidism. The modern principles of nonoperative and operative treatment of cryptorchidism are discussed and the necessity for early operative treatment (no later than 2 years) in substantiated. To study the results of treatment according to the form of cryptorchidism, localization of the testes, and the patients' age, the author examined the hypophyseal-testicular system and spermatogenesis in 80 patients with various forms of cryptorchidism. The study demonstrated the possibility of medical and social rehabilitation of patients in proper surgical tactics and, above al, in timely treatment.