[The "in-dartos" orchidopexy in the surgical treatment of the ectopic testicle (author's transl)].

The authors report a series of 190 surgically treated cases of ectopic testicles. After comparable dissection in the two different groups, two different types of fixation were used. In the 66% where the testicle was fixed in traction, Leveuf method, there were 17% failures, whereas with the "in-dartos" method there were only 4% recurrence. In analyzing the failures in each group the authors stress the importance of the character of the operation. The majority of the failures are in the cases of highly placed abdominal testicles, and in those needing a certain amount of traction. However, the difference in results of the two groups is so striking that the authors find the "in-dartos" method definitely superior to the Leveuf method, when used in comparable cases.