{"id":12021,"date":"2025-08-01T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/glossary-term\/orchidopexy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T18:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:04:24","slug":"orquidopexia","status":"publish","type":"glossary-term","link":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/es\/glossary-term\/orquidopexia\/","title":{"rendered":"Orquidopexia"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","glossary-category":[112],"glossary-product":[116],"class_list":["post-12021","glossary-term","type-glossary-term","status-publish","hentry","glossary-category-surgical-procedures","glossary-product-testi10-testicular-prosthesis"],"acf":{"gt-definition":"<p>La orquidopexia es un procedimiento quir\u00fargico que consiste en la fijaci\u00f3n de un test\u00edculo no descendido (criptorquidia) en el escroto.<sup class=\"citation\">1<\/sup> Esta intervenci\u00f3n se realiza cuando un test\u00edculo no ha descendido de forma natural desde el abdomen o el conducto inguinal hasta su posici\u00f3n anat\u00f3mica correcta en el escroto.<sup class=\"citation\">2<\/sup> El procedimiento tiene como objetivo recolocar y fijar el test\u00edculo no descendido en la bolsa escrotal, con el fin de preservar la funci\u00f3n testicular, mejorar el potencial de fertilidad y facilitar la exploraci\u00f3n futura para la detecci\u00f3n precoz de anomal\u00edas testiculares.<sup class=\"citation\">3<\/sup><\/p>\n\n    <p>El procedimiento suele consistir en realizar una peque\u00f1a incisi\u00f3n en la ingle o en el escroto, localizar el test\u00edculo no descendido, liberarlo de los tejidos circundantes, crear un trayecto hasta el escroto y fijarlo dentro de una bolsa creada quir\u00fargicamente (bolsa de dartos) en el escroto.<sup class=\"citation\">4<\/sup> Se recomienda realizar la orquidopexia entre los 6 y los 18 meses de edad para minimizar el riesgo de deterioro de la fertilidad y de otras complicaciones a largo plazo asociadas a los test\u00edculos no descendidos.<sup class=\"citation\">5<\/sup><\/p>","gt-synonyms":"orquiopexia, Fijaci\u00f3n testicular, Cirug\u00eda de reparaci\u00f3n de test\u00edculos no descendidos, Reparaci\u00f3n de criptorquidia, Operaci\u00f3n de Fowler-Stephens (espec\u00edficamente para el test\u00edculo intraabdominal), Cirug\u00eda de Reposicionamiento Testicular","gt-citation":"[1] Elseth A, Thorup J, Thorup SC, Cortes D. Orchiopexy. [Updated 2024 Apr 8]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK560904\/\n\n[2] Mathers MJ, Sperling H, R\u00fcbben H, Roth S. The undescended testis: diagnosis, treatment and long-term consequences. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2009 Aug;106(33):527-32. DOI: 10.3238\/arztebl.2009.0527\n\n[3] Zhao T, Deng F, Jia W, Gao X, Li Z, Tang X, et al. Ambulatory Orchidopexy Is a Potential Solution to Improve the Rate of Timely Repair in Cryptorchid Boys: An 8 Year Retrospective Study of 4,972 Cases. Front Pediatr. 2021 May 4;9:671578. DOI: 10.3389\/fped.2021.671578. PMID: 34017811\n\n[4] Hutson JM, Thorup J. Evaluation and management of the infant with cryptorchidism. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2015 Aug;27(4):520-4. DOI: 10.1097\/MOP.0000000000000237. PMID: 26087417\n\n[5] Kolon TF, Herndon CD, Baker LA, et al.; American Urological Association. Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism: AUA Guideline. J Urol. 2014;192(2):337-345. DOI: 10.1016\/j.juro.2014.05.005. PMID: 24857650","gt-clinical-context":"<p>La orquidopexia est\u00e1 indicada principalmente para el tratamiento de la criptorquidia (test\u00edculos no descendidos), que es la anomal\u00eda cong\u00e9nita m\u00e1s frecuente de los genitales masculinos y se presenta en aproximadamente el 3% de los lactantes varones nacidos a t\u00e9rmino y hasta en el 30% de los reci\u00e9n nacidos varones prematuros.<sup class=\"citation\">1<\/sup> El descenso testicular a trav\u00e9s del conducto inguinal comienza normalmente durante la semana 28 de gestaci\u00f3n, y alrededor del 80% de los test\u00edculos no descendidos observados al nacer migran al escroto a los 3 meses de edad.<sup class=\"citation\">2<\/sup> Es probable que los test\u00edculos no descendidos que permanecen fuera del escroto a los 6 meses de edad requieran una intervenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica.<sup class=\"citation\">3<\/sup><\/p>\n\n    <p>Los criterios de selecci\u00f3n de pacientes para la orquidopexia incluyen:<\/p>\n    <ul>\n        <li>Lactantes con test\u00edculos no descendidos que no han descendido de forma espont\u00e1nea a los 6 meses de edad corregida<sup class=\"citation\">4<\/sup><\/li>\n        <li>Ni\u00f1os o adolescentes diagnosticados de criptorquidia a cualquier edad<sup class=\"citation\">5<\/sup><\/li>\n        <li>Pacientes con torsi\u00f3n testicular que requieren la fijaci\u00f3n del test\u00edculo afectado y\/o del contralateral<sup class=\"citation\">1<\/sup><\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <p>Las gu\u00edas de la American Urological Association (AUA) recomiendan la orquidopexia quir\u00fargica entre los 6 y los 18 meses de edad.<sup class=\"citation\">5<\/sup> La intervenci\u00f3n temprana es crucial, ya que cuanto m\u00e1s se pospone la orquidopexia, mayor es la p\u00e9rdida de c\u00e9lulas germinales y el riesgo de futuros problemas de infertilidad.<sup class=\"citation\">2<\/sup> Las investigaciones indican que por cada 6 meses de retraso en la realizaci\u00f3n de la cirug\u00eda se produce aproximadamente un descenso del 1% en la fertilidad, un aumento del 5% en la necesidad de servicios de reproducci\u00f3n asistida y un aumento del 6% en el riesgo de c\u00e1ncer testicular.<sup class=\"citation\">1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n    <p>Los abordajes quir\u00fargicos de la orquidopexia var\u00edan en funci\u00f3n de la localizaci\u00f3n del test\u00edculo no descendido:<\/p>\n    <ul>\n        <li>Abordaje inguinal: t\u00e9cnica m\u00e1s frecuente para los test\u00edculos situados en el conducto inguinal<\/li>\n        <li>Abordaje escrotal: se utiliza cuando el test\u00edculo se encuentra en la parte superior del escroto<\/li>\n        <li>Abordaje laparosc\u00f3pico: de preferencia para los test\u00edculos no descendidos intraabdominales<sup class=\"citation\">1<\/sup><\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <p>Los resultados esperados tras la orquidopexia incluyen:<\/p>\n    <ul>\n        <li>Colocaci\u00f3n satisfactoria del test\u00edculo en el escroto en aproximadamente el 95% de los casos<sup class=\"citation\">3<\/sup><\/li>\n        <li>Preservaci\u00f3n de la funci\u00f3n testicular y posible mejora de las perspectivas de fertilidad cuando se realiza a una edad temprana<sup class=\"citation\">2<\/sup><\/li>\n        <li>Facilitaci\u00f3n de la exploraci\u00f3n testicular para la detecci\u00f3n precoz de neoplasias malignas<sup class=\"citation\">5<\/sup><\/li>\n        <li>Beneficios psicol\u00f3gicos relacionados con un aspecto escrotal normal<sup class=\"citation\">4<\/sup><\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <p>Las posibles complicaciones incluyen infecci\u00f3n de la herida, sangrado, atrofia testicular y criptorquidia recurrente.<sup class=\"citation\">1<\/sup> Se recomienda un seguimiento a largo plazo para controlar el desarrollo y la funci\u00f3n testiculares.<\/p>","gt-related-evidence":null,"gt-featured":true,"gt-ai-referenced":false,"gt-view-count":202},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - 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