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All patients underwent laparoscopic exploration.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>According to the laparoscopy findings, the final diagnoses of the location of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UDT<\/jats:styled-content>s were: intra\u2010canalicular (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a018, 38%), low intra\u2010abdominal (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a06, 13%), high intra\u2010abdominal (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a05, 11%). Absent or vanishing testes were detected in 18 cases (38%). The diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity of combined <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DWI<\/jats:styled-content> and conventional <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content> were 95.7%, 93.5% and 100% respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Combined <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DWI<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI <\/jats:styled-content><jats:bold>s<\/jats:bold>howed a greater performance compared to conventional <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content> alone for identification of non\u2010palpable <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">UDT<\/jats:styled-content>s. Based on our findings, we can obviate the need for diagnostic laparoscopy in patients who had preoperative detection of inguinal testes or nubbins. 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