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In the clinical practice, there is an increasing incidence of small, non-palpable testicular lesions identified with an ultrasonographic investigation performed for other purposes. Many of these lesions are benign tumours or non-neoplastic conditions. In this context, the old axiom that every testicular mass should be considered a malignant tumour and the testis must be removed is no longer valid. Lesions can either undergo active surveillance or testis-sparing surgery, which allows maximal preservation of testicular parenchyma and its vasculature. To provide for the possibility of testis-sparing surgery for non-palpable nodules, precise intraoperative ultrasonographic localisation of the lesion is necessary. Our technique includes ultrasonographic localisation of the nodule within the exposed testicle and placement of a localising needle while the patient is on the operating table.
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Bertolotto, M. et al. (2017). The Role of Intraoperative Ultrasound for Testicular Masses. In: Martino, P., Galosi, A. (eds) Atlas of Ultrasonography in Urology, Andrology, and Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40782-1_44
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