Admission to hospital of boys where an orchidopexy is undertaken.
The purpose of the indicators is to help monitor the frequency and timeliness of surgery for undescended testes (orchidopexy) in boys under 15. Undescended testes are associated with potential complications in later life such as infertility and malignancy. Timely correction (such as surgery before the age of 5) acts as a proxy for both timely detection through early childhood screening, and potential prevention of later complications.
This indicator has been discontinued and so there will be no further updates.
Legacy unique identifier: P00465