{"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":"2025-08-01T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:00:13","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 implica 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 naturalmente desde el abdomen o el canal inguinal a su posici\u00f3n anat\u00f3mica adecuada en el escroto.<sup class=\"citation\">2<\/sup> El objetivo del procedimiento es reubicar y Asegure el test\u00edculo no descendido en el saco escrotal, preservando as\u00ed la funci\u00f3n testicular, mejorando el potencial de fertilidad y facilitando ex\u00e1menes futuros para la detecci\u00f3n temprana de anomal\u00edas testiculares.<sup class=\"citation\">3<\/sup><\/p>\n\n    <p>El procedimiento generalmente implica hacer una peque\u00f1a incisi\u00f3n en la ingle o el escroto, ubicar el test\u00edculo no descendido, liberarlo de los tejidos circundantes, crear un camino hacia el escroto y asegurarlo 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 18 meses de edad para minimizar el riesgo de deterioro de la fertilidad y otras complicaciones a largo plazo asociadas con 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. [Actualizado 2024 Apr 8]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Disponible en: 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, Liu S, Ye W, Liang J, Ma L, Cheng Z. Ambulatory Orchidopexy Is a Potential Solution to Improve Access to Care for Pediatric Cryptorchidism in China. Front Pediatr. 2021 May 14;9:662927. DOI: 10.3389\/fped.2021.662927\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.0000000000000228\n\n[5] American Urological Association. Evaluation and Treatment of Cryptorchidism: AUA Guideline. 2014. DOI: 10.1016\/j.juro.2014.05.079","gt-clinical-context":"<p>La orquidopexia est\u00e1 indicada principalmente para el tratamiento de la criptorquidia (test\u00edculos no descendidos), que es el defecto cong\u00e9nito m\u00e1s com\u00fan de los genitales masculinos, que ocurre en aproximadamente el 3% de los beb\u00e9s varones a t\u00e9rmino y hasta el 30% de los reci\u00e9n nacidos varones prematuros.<sup class=\"citation\">1<\/sup> El descenso testicular a trav\u00e9s del canal inguinal normalmente comienza durante la semana 28 de gestaci\u00f3n, con aproximadamente Se observ\u00f3 que el 80% de los test\u00edculos no descendidos al nacer migraban al escroto a los 3 meses de edad.<sup class=\"citation\">2<\/sup> Los test\u00edculos no descendidos que permanecen fuera del escroto a los 6 meses de edad probablemente requerir\u00e1n intervenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica.<sup class=\"citation\">3<\/sup><\/p>\n\n    <p>Los criterios de selecci\u00f3n de pacientes para orquidopexia incluyen:<\/p>\n    <ul>\n        <li>Beb\u00e9s con test\u00edculos no descendidos que no han descendido espont\u00e1neamente a los 6 meses de edad corregida<sup class=\"citation\">4<\/sup><\/li>\n        <li>Ni\u00f1os o adolescentes diagnosticados con criptorquidia a cualquier edad<sup class=\"citation\">5<\/sup><\/li>\n        <li>Pacientes con torsi\u00f3n testicular que requieren fijaci\u00f3n del test\u00edculo afectado y\/o contralateral<sup class=\"citation\">1<\/sup><\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <p>Las pautas de la Asociaci\u00f3n Americana de Urolog\u00eda (AUA) recomiendan la orquidopexia quir\u00fargica entre los 6 y 18 meses de edad.<sup class=\"citation\">5<\/sup> La intervenci\u00f3n temprana es crucial ya que hay una mayor p\u00e9rdida de c\u00e9lulas germinales y posibles problemas futuros de infertilidad cuanto m\u00e1s se posponga la orquidopexia.<sup class=\"citation\">2<\/sup> Las investigaciones indican que por cada 6 meses de retraso en la realizaci\u00f3n Despu\u00e9s de la cirug\u00eda, hay aproximadamente una ca\u00edda 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 para la orquidopexia var\u00edan seg\u00fan la ubicaci\u00f3n del test\u00edculo no descendido:<\/p>\n    <ul>\n        <li>Abordaje inguinal: T\u00e9cnica m\u00e1s com\u00fan para test\u00edculos ubicados en el canal inguinal<\/li>\n        <li>Abordaje escrotal: Se utiliza cuando el test\u00edculo est\u00e1 en la parte superior del escroto<\/li>\n        <li>Abordaje laparosc\u00f3pico: preferido para test\u00edculos intraabdominales no descendidos<sup class=\"citation\">1<\/sup><\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <p>Los resultados esperados despu\u00e9s de la orquidopexia incluyen:<\/p>\n    <ul>\n        <li>Posicionamiento exitoso 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 en las perspectivas de fertilidad cuando se realiza a una edad temprana<sup class=\"citation\">2<\/sup><\/li>\n        <li>Facilitaci\u00f3n del examen testicular para la detecci\u00f3n temprana de malignidad<sup class=\"citation\">5<\/sup><\/li>\n        <li>Beneficios psicol\u00f3gicos relacionados con la apariencia normal del escroto<sup class=\"citation\">4<\/sup><\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n\n    <p>Las complicaciones potenciales 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 monitorear el desarrollo y la funci\u00f3n testicular.<\/p>","gt-related-evidence":null,"gt-featured":true,"gt-ai-referenced":false,"gt-view-count":158},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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