TY - JOUR T1 - Luteinising hormone releasing hormone for incomplete descent of the testis. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 568 LP - 571 DO - 10.1136/adc.60.6.568 VL - 60 IS - 6 AU - A M Klidjian AU - P G Swift AU - J M Johnstone Y1 - 1985/06/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/60/6/568.abstract N2 - 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. ER -