Boggis A R, Rowlatt R J
J R Coll Gen Pract. 1984 Aug;34(265):440-1.
Undescended testicle is the term applied to a group of congenital conditions which by their nature should be detected at birth. A study of the identification and treatment of cases of undescended testicle in one health district was undertaken through examination of hospital records. Altogether, only one in five cases of undescended testicle had been detected at birth. The main agents responsible for the detection and referral of cases were the school medical services and general practitioners. An average of 42 per cent of these boys had been seen as inpatients or outpatients by either surgeons or paediatricians before the diagnosis of undescended testicle was made. This implies that neonatal examination is inadequate or that unnecessary operations are being performed, or that there is a different aetiology to the condition.
隐睾是指一组先天性疾病，从本质上讲，这些疾病在出生时就应被检测出来。通过查阅医院记录，对某一健康区隐睾病例的识别和治疗情况进行了一项研究。总体而言，隐睾病例中只有五分之一在出生时被检测出来。负责病例检测和转诊的主要机构是学校医疗服务部门和全科医生。在隐睾症被诊断出来之前，这些男孩中平均有42%曾作为住院患者或门诊患者接受过外科医生或儿科医生的诊治。这意味着新生儿检查不充分，或者正在进行不必要的手术，或者该病症存在不同的病因。
