PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A M Klidjian
AU  - P G Swift
AU  - J M Johnstone
TI  - Luteinising hormone releasing hormone for incomplete descent of the testis.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.60.6.568
DP  - 1985 Jun 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 568--571
VI  - 60
IP  - 6
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/60/6/568.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/60/6/568.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1985 Jun 01; 60
AB  - Forty boys with 54 incompletely descended testes took part in a double blind, controlled trial of intranasal luteinising hormone releasing hormone. In the control (placebo) group of 18 boys there was no significant change in testicular descent and all required orchidopexy; in the 22 treated boys, however, 12 of 29 testes (42%) were found in a lower position. This study supports the idea that a trial of intranasal luteinising hormone releasing hormone (1200 micrograms/day for 28 days) will help clarify the need for orchidopexy in at least 30% of boys with incomplete descent of the testis, particularly those in whom the testes have emerged from the inguinal canal.