16 years follow-up evaluation of immediate vs delayed vs. combined hormonal therapy on fertility of patients with cryptorchidism: results of a longitudinal cohort study.
Riccardo BartolettiAntonio Luigi PastoreFilippo Menchini FabrisTommaso Di VicoRiccardo MorgantiAndrea MogorovichGirolamo MorelliDiego Giampietro PeroniYazan Al SalhiAlessandro ZucchiPublished in: Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E (2022)
Early prolonged hormonal therapy is advisable in all patients with cryptorchidism independently from the surgical option of promoting testicular descent to the scrotum. Hormonal therapy provides in our study better chance to obtain adequate sperm quality in adult life.