How boys and testicles wander to surgery: a nationwide cohort study of surgical delay in Sweden

BackgroundEarly orchidopexy is recommended for cryptorchidism and the surgery is increasingly centralised. The objectives were to determine the incidence, risk factors and if distance to treating hospital impacted on timely treatment of cryptorchidism.MethodsIn this observational study, all boys bor...

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Published in:	BMJ paediatrics open Vol. 4; no. 1; p. e000741
Main Authors:	Omling, Erik, Bergbrant, Sanna, Persson, Andreas, Björk, Jonas, Hagander, Lars
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 22-09-2020 BMJ Publishing Group
Series:	Original research
Subjects:	Birth weight Children & youth Clinical Medicine Cohort analysis Congenital diseases Cryptorchidism Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Epidemiology Families & family life Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Gestational age Health Sciences Hospitals Hälsovetenskap Infertility Kirurgi Klinisk medicin Medical and Health Sciences Medical diagnosis Medicin och hälsovetenskap Multidisciplinär geovetenskap Natural Sciences Naturvetenskap Paediatric Surgery Parents & parenting Pediatrics Pediatrik Population Pregnancy Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Risk factors Smoking Surgery Surgical outcomes Testes Sweden epidemiology health services research
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