Testis Flashcards
Covering of TESTIS
- Tunica albuginea
- Visceral layer of Tunica Vaginalis
- Parietal layer of Tunica Vaginalis
Pathway of SPERMS
🧠⚡SEVEN UP ⚡
Testicular Artery is a branch of
Abdominal AORTA
Which sided TESTICULAR VEIN drains directly to IVC
🧠⚡RIVer⚡
Right ➡️ IVC
All RIGHT Sided Veins directly drain into IVC
✨ Right TESTICULAR VEIN
✨ Right Suprarenal Vein
✨ Right Inferior Phrenic Vein
Left TESTICULAR VEIN drains into
Left Renal Vein
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IVC
Lymphatic Drainage of TESTIS
Descent of TESTIS
Which Testis has HIGHER CHANCE of Being UNDESCENDED?
Right Testis
Which Testis Descends EARLIER
Left Side
Descent of TESTIS can occur upto
4-5 months after BIRTH
Difference between UNDESCENDED TESTIS & CRYPTORCHIDISM
Cryptorchidism: B/L UNDESCENDED TESTIS
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON SITE OF UNDESCENDED TESTIS
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON SITE OF ECTOPIC TESTIS
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON SITE OF UNDESCENDED TESTIS
🎯 INGUINAL CANAL
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON SITE OF ECTOPIC TESTIS
🎯 SUPERFICIAL INGUINAL POUCH
💊💉 MANAGEMENT of ECTOPIC TESTIS
Orchidopexy
COMPLICATIONS of UNDESCENDED TESTIS
🧠⚡TESTIS⚡
- Torsion
- Epididymo-orchitis
- Sterility
- Trauma
- Indirect Inguinal Hernia
- Seminoma (ITGCN)
Which cells are MOST AFFECTED in TESTIS due to non-descent?
Sertoli cells
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Spermatogenesis is affected
⭐ LEYDIG cells are affected Less ➡️ Testosterone is NORMAL ➡️ NORMAL 2° SEXUAL Characteristics
HIGHER UP THE TESTIS in UNDESCENDED TESTIS, MORE IS THE
Histological CHANGES
(Abdominal > Inguinal)
Clinical Features of UNDESCENDED TESTIS
- Missing Testis in scrotum
- Testis palpable in INGUINAL REGION: INGUINAL canal
- Testis non-palpable in INGUINAL REGION: Abdominal
🩺 IOC for INTRA-ABDOMINAL TESTIS
Diagnostic LAPAROSCOPY
💊💉 MANAGEMENT of UNDESCENDED TESTIS
Cause of VANISHING TESTIS Syndrome
INTRA-UTERINE TORSION of Testis
ORCHIDOPEXY: Types
🧠⚡S²K ⚡
- Stephan Fowler Technique
- Silbar Procedure
- Keetley Torek Procedure
BEST ORCHIDOPEXY technique
SILBAR’S TECHNIQUE
2 STAGE ORCHIDOPEXY Procedure
Stephen Fowler Technique
✨ 1st STAGE: High LIGATION of TESTICULAR Vessels & Position Testis in Inguinal Canal
✨ 2nd STAGE: Place Testis into SCROTUM
Limiting Factor for ORCHIDOPEXY IN STEPHEN FOWLER TECHNIQUE
Length of Testicular Vessels
How Testis survives when TESTICULAR ARTERY is ligated?
Testis has DUAL BLOOD SUPPLY
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Also gets blood supply from CREMASTRIC VESSELS
Ideal Time to do ORCHIDOPEXY
6-12 months
Microvascular anastamosis of vessels with BRANCHES of INTERNAL ILIAC VESSELS in SILBAR’S technique is done with
Pro line Suture
Whenever you do ORCHIDOPEXY, Also do
HERNIOTOMY
Why INDIRECT INGUINAL HERNIA is common with UNDESCENDED TESTIS
When Testis comes down, it pulls down PROCESSUS Vaginalis with it
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Processus vaginalis communicates with the PERITONEAL CAVITY
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BRINGS LOOP of BOWEL with it
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON COMPLICATION OF UNDESCENDED TESTIS
Indirect Inguinal Hernia
What is RETRACTILE TESTIS?
Testis present in the SCROTUM but occasionally it jumps into the INGUINAL CANAL
How to differentiate RETRACTILE TESTIS & UNDESCENDED TESTIS
✨ RETRACTILE TESTIS: Scrotal Rugosities ➕
✨ UNDESCENDED TESTIS: Scrotal Rugosities ⛔
💊💉 MANAGEMENT of RETRACTILE TESTIS
-Reassurance
-After walking 30-45 mins, it comes back again into SCROTUM
⚒️ RISK FACTORS for TESTICULAR TORSION
- Bell Clapper Testis
- Testicular Inversion
- Undescended TESTIS
- Torsion of CYST of MORGAGNI
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON CAUSE OF TESTICULAR TORSION
⭐ Bell Clapper Testis
High INVESTMENT of TUNICAL VAGINALIS
BLUE DOT SIGN on Doppler is seen in
Torsion of CYST of MORGAGNI
🧑🏻⚕️ Clinical Features of TESTICULAR TORSION
- Young Male
- ACUTE SCROTAL PAIN & SWELLING
- PATIENT wakes up in EARLY MORNING DUE TO: Pain
- Erythema
- Nausea & Vomiting
Twisted Cord can be SOMETIMES be palpated