From: Management of high inguinal undescended testis: a review of literature
Pioneer | Concept | Year |
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John Hunter | Mechanism of descent of the testis. | 1786 |
James Adams | First recorded attempt orchiopexy. | 1871 |
Thomas Annandale | First successful orchiopexy. | 1879 |
Max Schüller | Division of the processus vaginalis to mobilise the spermatic cord. | 1881 |
Leonard Bidwell | Inverting the testis and anchoring the testis to an external wire cage to provide continuous traction. | 1893 |
Arthur Dean Bevan | Tension-free mobilisation of the testis to the scrotum by releasing the spermatic vessels of retroperitoneum and possible resection. | 1899 |
Keetley and Torek | Fixation of the testis in the fascia lata and staged orchidopexy | 1894, 1909 |
Cabot and Nesbit | Fixation of the testis with a rubber band and a wire cage for 12 days. | 1931 |
Robert J. Prentiss | Division of the inferior epigastric vessels and medial displacement of the spermatic vessels. | 1959 |
Schoemaker | Subdartos pouch fixation. | 1932 |
Fowler and Stephens | Studied vascular anatomy of the testis gave the concept of collateral circulation. | 1959 |
Jones and Bagley | High inguinal incision. | 1979 |
Bloom | Staged pelviscopic orchiopexy. | 1991 |